Cultural Adjustment and Mental Health: The Role of the ESL Teacher.

Autor/inn/en	Adkins, Myrna Ann; Birman, Dina; Sample, Barbara; Brod, Shirley; Silver, Margaret
Institution	Spring Inst. for International Studies, Denver, CO.
Titel	Cultural Adjustment and Mental Health: The Role of the ESL Teacher.
Quelle	(1998), (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Acculturation; Adult Education; Class Activities; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Employment Opportunities; English (Second Language); Health Services; Land Settlement; Language Role; Language Teachers; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Refugees; Second Language Instruction; Stress Management; Stress Variables; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Akkulturation; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Klassenführung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Siedlungsraum; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Psychohygiene; Flüchtling; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	The booklet is designed to provide English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) practitioners with background information and ideas to help refugees cope with a new cultural environment and promote mental health. Chapters address these topics: acculturation and biculturalism in the refugee experience; stress in resettlement (the types of stresses experience in resettlement, the importance of social support in coping with stress); mental illness in the refugee experience stress and mental illness, posttraumatic stress disorder, availability of mental health services, the role of the ESL teacher in helping refugees with mental health, prevention of mental illness); the connections between ESL and mental health (the classroom as a safe environment, the importance of English and the teacher, English as a key tool to cultural adjustment and employment, appropriate roles for the ESL teacher); and ESL activities to address mental health issues in the classroom. An article illustrating how cultural perspectives manifest themselves in the classroom is appended. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01