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Çangal, Önder – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2022
The Syrian question has not remained as an internal conflict; instead, it has affected both Turkey as well as whole Europe. According to 2020 statistics, approximately three and a half million Syrians reside in Turkey, and approximately 850 thousand of these Syrians are young people between the ages of 15-24.The determination of the reasons why…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Turkish, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation
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Sairattanain, Jariya; Thawarom, Thiwaporn – International Journal of Language Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is to propose a possible way to integrate cultural knowledge into English teaching by using children literature. It also presents an alternative method for researchers to investigate personal identity by using a character from literature as a case study. The article also offers an example of an exploration of the main…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alan, Yakup – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of the reading habits of Syrian students studying at secondary schools on their vocabulary learning motivation. The mixed research model was used in the study. The universe of the study consists of Syrian secondary school students studying in Kilis. The sample consists of 164 Syrian secondary…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Reading Habits, Attitude Measures, Vocabulary Development
Asali, Laliya – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to accurately identify what motivates the English language learning of Palestinian refugee girls at Al-Hussain Prep School in Camp Jabal Al-Hussain, Amman, Jordan. This study also explores the formal and informal avenues by which the girls learn English, as well as the potential obstacles that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Asali, Laliya – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The present qualitative study investigated the experiences of the English language learning of the Palestinian refugee girls, motivations, formal and informal avenues of learning English. The study discussed the support and the obstacles of learning at AlHussain Prep School in Camp Jabal Al-Hussain, Amman, Jordan. As illustrated in the literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Boylu, Emrah – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
One of the biggest obstacles to learning a language as a foreign language is the perception developed against that language. The obligation to learn the foreign language to be learned determines how the perception towards language is. In this context, Syrian refugees, who took refuge in Turkey leaving their country due to war and especially wish…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes
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Shahbazi, Sara; Palazzolo, Alyssa; Salinitri, Geri – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2020
The researchers in the study explored the lived experiences of Syrian refugee students in the Canadian classroom. The participant sample included four students who entered their first year in a South-western Ontario public school as of the 2015-2016 calendar year. Data were collected through one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Children, Refugees, Elementary School Students, Public Schools
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Awada, Ghada; Ghaith, Ghazi; Diab, Nuwar Mawlawi – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
We argue for a transformation in the current learning and literacy education of marginalized and nondominant groups of English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) refugee learners in Lebanon. This paper describes the process of combining Third Space (TS) and Literature Circles (LC) to develop an instructional model of a transformative pedagogy for…
Descriptors: Literature, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Disadvantaged
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Demir, Özgür Osman; Aliyev, Ramin – Turkish Journal of Education, 2019
The purpose of this research is to deeply examine the resilience in war victim immigrants based on risk and protective factors. The sample of the research, which is structured as a phenomenological study, a type of qualitative research, constitute of 5 women, 5 men and 10 university students. A semi-structured Immigrant University Students…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Academic Persistence, Refugees, Immigrants
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Brewer, Sarah; Whiteside, Karin – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
The Cara Syria Programme has been developed to support Syrian academics who have had to abandon their academic positions due to the conflict in Syria and who have seen their careers compromised as a result. The Programme offers a means to re-establish their academic identities and develop new skills through participation in the learning activities…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction