Accommodation, empowerment and disinvestment - Typical second-language learning trajectories of Syrian refugees in Germany.

Autor/in	Bernhard, Stefan
Titel	Accommodation, empowerment and disinvestment - Typical second-language learning trajectories of Syrian refugees in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Unterbringung, Befähigung und Desinvestition - Typische Zweitspracherwerbsverläufe von syrischen Flüchtlingen in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: International migration, 61 (2023) 3, S. 254-269 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7985; 1468-2435
DOI	10.1111/imig.13044
Schlagwörter	Frustration; Soziale Beziehung; Soziale Integration; Deutschland; Flüchtling; Frustration; Spracherwerb; Syrien; Typologie; Lernmotivation; Soziale Integration; Auswirkung; Lernerfolg; Herkunftsland; Lernerfolg; Lernmotivation; Deutsch als Zweitsprache; Spracherwerb; Fremdsprachenkenntnisse; Auswirkung; Typologie; Institution; Flüchtling; Deutschland; Herkunftsland; Syrien
Abstract	"This paper asks how refugees' second-language learning processes are embedded in their lives in host countries. To address this question, the paper proposes the concept of second-language learning trajectories. These trajectories explain refugees' second-language learning as closely intertwined with learners' self-understanding, experiences and positioning in host countries. Using longitudinal narrative interview data from Syrian refugees in Germany, the paper identifies three different types of second-language learning trajectories, that is empowerment, accommodation and disinvestment. These trajectories have vastly diverse outcomes, not only in terms of second-language proficiency but also in terms of learning motivation, self-views and future prospects. Moreover, second-language learning trajectories evolve based on self-reinforcing dynamics that make switching between trajectories increasingly difficult over time. This is particularly detrimental to refugees on the disinvestment trajectory, which entails social decline and exclusion. The paper also identifies institutional regulations in Germany that compound refugees' struggles to gain a foothold in their host country." The study refers to the period 2017-2020. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Wiley)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1