Individual Variables, Literacy History, and ESL Progress Among Kurdish and Bosnian Immigrants

Gardener, Sheena; Polyzoi, Eleoussa; Rampaul, Yvette

doi:10.18806/tesl.v14i1.674

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“…There is more to the construction of ethnic identity than traditional cultural markers, since, as Phinney, Horenczyk, Liebkind, and Vedder (2001) state, "Ethnic identity is a dynamic construct that evolves and changes in response to developmental and contextual factors" (p. 496). Two other studies specifically examine the Kurds from Iraq (Gardner, Polyzoi, & Rampaul, 1996;Miraftab, 2000). Gardner, Polyzoi, and Rampaul (1996) deal with individual variables that influenced the progress of immigrants from Iraqi Kurdistan and Bosnia who arrived in Manitoba in 1992 in ESL programs.…”

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“…Two other studies specifically examine the Kurds from Iraq (Gardner, Polyzoi, & Rampaul, 1996;Miraftab, 2000). Gardner, Polyzoi, and Rampaul (1996) deal with individual variables that influenced the progress of immigrants from Iraqi Kurdistan and Bosnia who arrived in Manitoba in 1992 in ESL programs. Miraftab (2000) particularly examines the obstacles that Somali and Iraqi Kurdish new immigrants and refugees living in Metropolitan Vancouver face when it comes to access to housing.…”

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Kurdish-Canadian Identity and the Intricacies of Acculturation

Wahab¹

2019

J Ethn Cult Stud

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This paper studies the process of acculturation of the Iraqi Kurdish community in Ontario, Canada. It explores factors such as ethno-cultural identities and the socio-cultural circumstances that impact the adaptation of a dual identity. The study explores components of the Kurdish participants’ ethnic and national identities, such as their self-identification and their sense of belonging and participation in aspects of life. It also elaborates on the ways in which members of the Iraqi Kurdish community in Canada understand and construe their life experiences, and what it means to live as Kurdish immigrants in a multicultural society.

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Section: Introduction and Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%