Integration, Inclusion or Invisibility? Language Education for Adult Transnational Migrants in the UK and Germany

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  • Ann Cowie Canterbury Christ Church University
  • Jo-Ann Delaney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-8670/9348

Parole chiave:

Adult Education and Learning Policy Making, Social Cohesion, Equality of Access, Transnational Migrants, Language and Citizenship

Abstract

L’articolo esamina in maniera critica le politiche e le pratiche nell’educazione linguistica per adulti migranti nel Regno Unito e in Germania con l’obiettivo di interrogare l’iterazione della politica da parte del governo nazionale attraverso la prospettiva aperta dalla pratica pedagogica di due agenzie: un centro che propone la lingua inglese per Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) nel Regno Unito e un’altra agenzia in Germania come Fremdsprache / DaF (tedesco come lingua straniera) in Germania. I dati includono i curricula e le politiche delle agenzie; le risorse pedagogiche; le osservazioni raccolte durante le lezioni; le interviste con insegnanti e manager delle agenzie e discutono le loro opinioni sulla politica di educazione linguistica e sull’articolazione della politica all’interno della loro organizzazione. Nelle conclusioni si commenta in che misura l’educazione linguistica rappresenti un’opportunità per un approccio critico all’apprendimento dei migranti e se essa rispetti i programmi governativi per l’integrazione e il sostegno all’attività economica e alla preparazione degli studenti al lavoro.

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Pubblicato

2019-05-08

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Cowie, A., & Delaney, J.-A. (2019). Integration, Inclusion or Invisibility? Language Education for Adult Transnational Migrants in the UK and Germany. Encyclopaideia, 23(53), 43–52. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-8670/9348

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