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Young, Tony Johnstone; Ganassin, Sara; Schneider, Stefanie; Schartner, Alina and Walsh, Steve (2022). Intercultural Challenges for the Reintegration of Displaced Professionals: A Response to the Language Learning Needs of Refugees in Europe. Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication. New York: Routledge.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032212
Abstract
This book critically reflects on the challenges faced by refugee aspirant professionals in securing employment and the ways in which professional intercultural competence development and attendant language learning practices can help facilitate the professional (re)integration in these communities.
The volume draws on data from a large-scale research project that saw refugee aspirant professionals, researchers, and volunteer language teachers working together to develop and operationalise key intercultural skills needed for professional employment in the UK, the Netherlands, and Austria, ultimately culminating in a toolkit of free online resources co-designed to meet the needs of communities and facilitate the development of these practices across Europe. Detailed analyses of the data drawn from the project allow for critical reflections on co-production in intercultural spaces and researchers’ positionality, power relations, and ethical choices in multilingual contexts. Taken together, the book offers both theoretical and practical considerations for application beyond the European context toward better facilitating the professional (re)integration of migrant communities on a more global scale.
The book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in intercultural communication, refugee studies, and language education.
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- Item ORO ID
- 84030
- Item Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-367-46956-1, 978-0-367-46956-6
- Project Funding Details
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Critical Skills for Life and Work project: Developing the Professional Intercultural Communicative Competence of Highly Skilled Refugees KA204:26667 European Commission - Keywords
- refugees; intercultural competence; professional integration
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics > Languages
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) - Research Group
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Applied Linguistics and Literacies Research Group
Centre for the Study of Global Development
Global Challenges and Social Justice
Open Language Research Group - Copyright Holders
- © 2022 Tony Johnstone Young, © 2022 Sara Ganassin, © 2022 Stefanie Schneider, © 2022 Alina Schartner, © 2022 Steve Walsh
- Depositing User
- Stefanie Schneider