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Overcoming language barriers : lessons learnt from migrant children

Perspectives in education, 2017-01, Vol.35 (1), p.157-170 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright University of the Free State, Faculty of Education 2017 ;ISSN: 0258-2236 ;EISSN: 2519-593X ;DOI: 10.18820/2519593X/pie.v35i1.12

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Title:
Overcoming language barriers : lessons learnt from migrant children
Author: Shandu, Balungile ; Yu, Ke
Subjects: Academic Achievement ; African literature ; Aspiration ; Aspirations ; Attendance ; Barriers ; Children & youth ; Creativity ; Developing countries ; Education ; Expectation ; Foreign Countries ; High School Students ; Intervention ; Language ; Language barriers ; Language Skills ; LDCs ; Learning ; Literacy ; Migrant Children ; Migration ; Motivation ; Non-conventional factors for school achievement ; Noncitizens ; Parent involvement ; Parent Participation ; Parent School Relationship ; Parents & parenting ; Scholars ; School Effectiveness ; School success of migrant children ; Secondary school students ; Secondary schools ; Socioeconomic status ; Studies ; Success
Is Part Of: Perspectives in education, 2017-01, Vol.35 (1), p.157-170
Description: In this paper, we identify reasons for the high school achievement of some migrant children, in spite of the language barriers faced by themselves and their parents. We explore the literature to determine the factors used to overcome such barriers, particularly those beyond social economic status (SES) and other largely inherited factors that remain a common focus of migration and school effectiveness literature. We identify the need to pay greater attention to non-conventional factors, such as aspirations, expectations and creativities. We also examine school effectiveness literature in South Africa, arguably a typical case of a developing country, and note that much of the literature centres on analysis and lamentation of physical and human resource constraints, instead of experimenting on non-conventional factors.
Publisher: Bloemfontein: University of the Free State
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0258-2236
EISSN: 2519-593X
DOI: 10.18820/2519593X/pie.v35i1.12
Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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Overcoming language barriers : lessons learnt from migrant children

Copyright University of the Free State, Faculty of Education 2017 ;ISSN: 0258-2236 ;EISSN: 2519-593X ;DOI: 10.18820/2519593X/pie.v35i1.12

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