Review article

REFUGEES AS A SPECIAL GROUP OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Ranka Đurđević ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Podboj orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-8165 ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In the midst of recent large refugee movements, Croatia found itself in a yet unknown position of a transition, but also a receiving country for refugees. This meant some institutional problems related to refugee admission emerged, such as organizing and implementing guaranteed-by-law Croatian language courses. This paper discusses teaching refugees as an especially vulnerable group of foreign language learners, through the connection of the two indivisible and overlapping aspects of the issue – the institutional and the applied linguistic. Problems and challenges that refugee learners and their teachers encounter in the process of teaching, as well as some possible solutions are mentioned. The context of current refugee issues is described, since its understanding is crucial for developing curricula, teaching materials, and working with these students.

Keywords

refugees; teaching vulnerable groups; Croatian as foreign language

Hrčak ID:

193105

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/193105

Publication date:

15.12.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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