Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives
This study aimed to investigate the challenges refugee children face in learning the English language from teachers’ perspectives and the challenges of refugees’ English language teachers in Jordan. To achieve this aim, a quantitative approach was implemented using a questionnaire. The findings from...
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| author | Haneen Abdaljaleel Alrawashdeh Naciye Kunt |
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| description | This study aimed to investigate the challenges refugee children face in learning the English language from teachers’ perspectives and the challenges of refugees’ English language teachers in Jordan. To achieve this aim, a quantitative approach was implemented using a questionnaire. The findings from this study suggest that refugee teachers’ acknowledge that they face challenges teaching refugees in terms of cultural competency, preparation, self-efficacy, and practices they implement, and refugee children face linguistic and psychological challenges in learning English. This study attempted to find out the relationship between teachers’ preparation and their cultural competency, self-efficacy, and practices they implement and then the relationship between refugees’ psychological needs and linguistic challenges, respectively, and teachers’ self-efficacy, cultural competency, and practices. Results revealed several significant relationships between challenges and presented them in a model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10c55d30d9ad48cabf7c979c8632ac572022-12-22T02:38:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-06-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.918734918734Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ PerspectivesHaneen Abdaljaleel AlrawashdehNaciye KuntThis study aimed to investigate the challenges refugee children face in learning the English language from teachers’ perspectives and the challenges of refugees’ English language teachers in Jordan. To achieve this aim, a quantitative approach was implemented using a questionnaire. The findings from this study suggest that refugee teachers’ acknowledge that they face challenges teaching refugees in terms of cultural competency, preparation, self-efficacy, and practices they implement, and refugee children face linguistic and psychological challenges in learning English. This study attempted to find out the relationship between teachers’ preparation and their cultural competency, self-efficacy, and practices they implement and then the relationship between refugees’ psychological needs and linguistic challenges, respectively, and teachers’ self-efficacy, cultural competency, and practices. Results revealed several significant relationships between challenges and presented them in a model.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.918734/fullrefugeespsychological challengeslinguistic challengesEnglish as a foreign languageconstructivism |
| spellingShingle | Haneen Abdaljaleel Alrawashdeh Naciye Kunt Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives Frontiers in Psychology refugees psychological challenges linguistic challenges English as a foreign language constructivism |
| title | Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives |
| title_full | Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives |
| title_short | Refugee Children and English Language: Challenges From English Language Teachers’ Perspectives |
| title_sort | refugee children and english language challenges from english language teachers perspectives |
| topic | refugees psychological challenges linguistic challenges English as a foreign language constructivism |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.918734/full |
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