"I See Myself as a Different Person Who [Has] Acquired a Lot ...": Somali Female Students' Journeys to Belonging

Autor/in	Oikonomidoy, Eleni
Titel	"I See Myself as a Different Person Who [Has] Acquired a Lot ...": Somali Female Students' Journeys to Belonging
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 18 (2007) 1, S.15-27 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Urban Schools; Religious Discrimination; Immigrants; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Afro Asiatic Languages; Refugees; Acculturation; Student Adjustment; Females; Somalia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Flüchtling; Akkulturation; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Weibliches Geschlecht; USA
Abstract	How do refugee students construct their lives in school in their host country? What are some difficulties that they face and how do they respond to those? Findings of a qualitative study conducted with female refugee students from Somalia indicate that students are to varying degrees active agents in the construction of their lives in a US urban school. Although they do experience religious discrimination, they find creative ways to respond to it and, despite the fact that learning English is an initial obstacle in their lives in their host country, they tend to be successful in acquiring the new language. These findings problematize the perception of students as passive victims of the structural forces that inform their lives. At the same time, they challenge educators to seek ways that could make schools positive contexts of reception of refugee and immigrant students. Although the study focuses on the experiences of refugee students with distinct cultural characteristics in the US, the issues raised may provide a window to understanding the experiences of newcomer students in other parts of the world. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10