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Morgan, Scott M., Ed.; Colsen, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1987
This volume of essays on migration was written primarily by graduate students in the social sciences. The authors, natives of six different countries, discuss population displacement by emphasizing these four themes: (1) the alienation of refugees; (2) the interplay between hosts and newcomers; (3) the consequences of the growth of agencies that…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Coping
Phillips, Jon – 1987
In response to concern among Galang refugee camp students about their ability to interact with Americans in the United States, a social language unit was developed and added to the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curriculum. The unit addresses specific language functions, through syntactic forms, in the context of everyday social encounters…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict, English (Second Language)