Refugee "Calouros" during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Portuguese Learning in Higher Education in Brazil

Autor/inn/en	Ruano, Bruna; Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia
Titel	Refugee "Calouros" during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Portuguese Learning in Higher Education in Brazil
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 34 (2023) 2, S.134-149 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
DOI	10.1080/14675986.2023.2172383
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Refugees; Foreign Students; Learning; COVID-19; Pandemics; College Freshmen; Student Experience; Problems; Second Language Learning; School Closing; Emergency Programs; Proximity; Disease Control; Personal Space; Social Isolation; Housing; Instructional Materials; Ambiguity (Context); Family Relationship; Portuguese; Educational Opportunities; Family Problems; Brazil; Syria; Haiti; Venezuela; Togo + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Flüchtling; Lernen; Studienanfänger; Studienerfahrung; Problemsituation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Hilfsprogramm; Lebensnähe; Intimsphäre; Soziale Isolation; Unterkunft; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Portugiesischunterricht; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Familienkrise; Brasilien; Syrien
Abstract	This paper reflects on the problems faced by refugee students during the COVID-19 pandemic (summer semester 2020) as "calouros," i.e. freshmen during their first year, in a public university in Brazil. Through a content analysis of their personal accounts, collected electronically by their teacher of Portuguese for academic purposes (the first author), we describe how five students (a Syrian, two Haitians, a Venezuelan and a Togolese refugees) (re)visit their experiences, in which several dynamics intersect: being 'calouro', being refugee students, learning the shelter language "in loco," and experiencing social distancing due to the closing of universities. Because learning the language of the host country is not the only factor affected by the pandemic, we also observe how language learning (settings) intersect with other aspects characterising the refugee status: housing conditions, availability of learning materials, and the uncertainty attached to the present and future of their own lives and of other family members. (As Provided).
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