Channel View Publications Ltd - Refugee Resettlement In The United States Language Policy Pedagogy - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by for and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what refugee and resettlement mean. The main themes of the chapters highlight:the intersections of language education and refugee resettlement from community - based adult programs to elementary school classrooms;the language (of) resettlement policies and politics in the United States at both the national level and at the local level focusing on the agencies and organizations that support refugees;the discursive constructions of refugee - hood that are promulgated through the media resettlement agencies and even the refugees themselves. This volume is highly relevant to current political debates of immigration human rights and education and will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics sociolinguistics anthropology and cultural studies.
Title: Refugee Resettlement In The United States Language Policy Pedagogy
Brand: Channel View Publications Ltd
Barcode: 9781783094561
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 12/3/2015
Category: Refugees & Political Asylum