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Marco Triulzi; Andrea DeCapua; Ina-Maria Maahs – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2025
The German government requires all migrants without sufficient German language proficiency to enroll in integration courses. Many of these migrants had few prior experiences with formal education, yet, regardless of degree of literacy in any language, they are placed in classes based on language proficiency. How well do government-approved…
Descriptors: Barriers, Textbooks, Literacy, Prior Learning
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Hüseyin Sinan Avci; Asim Ari – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2025
This study evaluates the refugee education in Lithuania, focusing on the perspectives of teachers. Employing a qualitative case study approach, semi-structured interviews with 14 teachers were conducted to explore the challenges, strategies, and outcomes related to refugee education. The findings reveal that while Lithuanian schools facilitate…
Descriptors: Refugees, Second Language Learning, Student Adjustment, Cultural Differences
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Wagner, Josefine – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2023
I draw on ethnographic data from a German school to explore discursive practices of educators that rationalize the illiteracy of 10-year-old, multilingual Ada. I juxtapose various moments of school life that "thickened" Ada's learner identities and find that special needs labeling often rested on pragmatic considerations of resource…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Self Concept, Discourse Analysis, Teacher Student Relationship
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Hudson, Christopher; Luguetti, Carla; Spaaij, Ramon – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2023
The field of physical education (PE), sport, and forced migration studies has grown considerably in recent years. Although we have seen an increase in publications in the field, no reviews of pedagogies regarding people with refugee backgrounds in PE and sport have been published to date. The purpose of this review is to critically examine…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Refugees, Cultural Differences
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Fakiroglu, Gözde Demirel; Topraksoy, Abdullah – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2023
Bilingualism has been the subject of a lot of research in the last century. Bilingualism is having the competence to speak two languages. The reasons for bilingualism of individuals may differ. Some of them may have parents from different languages, some may be children of ethnic minority or immigrants. In daily life it is possible to encounter…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, News Reporting, Newspapers, Cultural Differences
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Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer; Ann-Birte Krüger; Annie Lasne; Nathalie Thamin – Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, 2024
We explore the relationship between newcomer refugee families' linguistic competencies in the language of the host country and their collaboration in and with the school. Following a case study design and through the qualitative analysis of interviews with refugee family members and school staff from a German primary school, we analyse these…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Refugees
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Jørgensen, Christian Helms; Hautz, Hannes; Li, Junmin – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Context: Vocational education and training (VET) plays a crucial role in the social inclusion of refugees. The aim of this paper is to examine how the VET systems of Austria, Denmark and Germany responded to the arrival of young refugees since 2015. VET in these countries is categorised as system of collective skill formation, which offers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Refugees, Cultural Differences
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Lopes, António – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The results of a transatlantic survey on technology-mediated Task-Based Language Learning (TBLL) are presented and discussed. The study was conducted within the scope of the European-funded Pan-European Task Activities for Language Learning (PETALL) project. The aim was to determine the teachers' acquaintance with TBLL and with the potential of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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El Khoury, Samar Jean – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019
This study investigated the impact of age, gender, language and acculturation choice on the sociocultural adjustment and well-being of Syrian refugees in Stuttgart, Germany. A total of 214 Syrian refugees participated in this study by filling a demographics questionnaire, the Acculturation Attitudes Scale (AAS-16), the Revised Sociocultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Well Being, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Parnther, Ceceilia – Journal of College and Character, 2022
International students experience unique challenges that place them at risk for academic misconduct violations, including language, academic expectations, cultural differences, academic preparedness, and policy understanding. Academic misconduct issues can significantly risk student success, leaving international students especially susceptible to…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Cheating, Ethics, Barriers
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Lomicka, Lara; Ducate, Lara – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
While intercultural learning is a key goal of study abroad, it is often difficult to assess or even achieve. Recent models, such as linguistic landscapes (which looks at the language of public signs, including road signs, advertising billboards, street, and place names), can help students reflect on and make sense of their intercultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Reflection, Metacognition
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Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education
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Mijatovic, Marko; Tytus, Agnieszka Ewa – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
It has been a topic in psychiatry, it is referred to by translingual writers, and bilinguals report it frequently -- the feeling of becoming a different person when using a different language. The present study was set out to investigate the reasons behind this feeling. We looked at the effects of biculturalism and personality traits, as well as…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Psychiatry
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Maeder-Qian, Jingyue – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
The goal of this article is to examine intercultural experiences and the cultural identity reconstruction of Chinese international students in Germany by focusing on their cultural learning, and use of multiple languages including English as a lingua franca (ELF), German and Chinese. Three rounds of individual interviews over 1 year were conducted…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, College Students
Tropea, Linda A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
As educational institutions continue to adopt or expand e-learning programs, two important outcomes are expected to occur in the near future: (a) student populations will become increasingly culturally diverse and (b) the learning management system (LMS) will continue to be a valuable tool in response to the need to deliver and manage the…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Usability, International Schools, Foreign Countries
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