Kurdish Voices in Istanbul Workplaces

Schluter, Anne Ambler

doi:10.18848/1447-9532/cgp/v10i04/58041

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“…The results, which were contrary to other studies included in this review, indicated an agreement between Anglophone and non-Anglophone participants that communication is minimally hindered by comprehension problems due to foreign-accented speech. The authors concluded that foreign accent does not matter in the social inclusion of non-Anglophone Australian middle class in workplace or social contexts 3.02 Social interaction or intergroup perception and local language skills Three studies in this review examined the social interactions between local and second language speakers in workplace contexts (Remennick, 2004, Tange & Lauring, 2009Schulter, 2010). These studies also looked into the intergroup perceptions or attitudes between the two groups.…”

Section: Social Integration and Local Language Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Schulter (2010) examined the perception of the use of immigrant vs local language in workplace by Kurdish speaking migrants living in western Turkey. Schulter (2010) found that the use of Kurdish was highly socially stigmatized, which in turn, promoted a self-imposed Kurdish language ban not only in public work spaces but also in enclosed environments, where the communication between Kurdish workers was not subject to public scrutiny (Schulter, 2010). …”

Section: Social Integration and Local Language Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Her Kurdish speaking participants, who had migrated from eastern and southeastern Turkey, to Turkish speaking Istanbul in western Turkey, also faced similar issues related to language use and social integration. Schulter (2010) examined the perceptions of Turkish vs. Kurdish language appropriateness in the workplace. Given the political background surrounding the usage of Kurdish language in Turkey, her participants reported a social stigma attached to the use of Kurdish language.…”

Section: Accent Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, two of these participants reported minimal use of Kurdish as they felt speaking Kurdish in public domain might offend the Turkish people around them. Out of fear of social exclusion, Schulter's (2010) participants preferred speaking in Turkish even if they were talking to other Kurdish speaking individual.…”

Section: Accent Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Integration of Immigrants within the Linguistically Diverse Workplace: A Systematic Review

Kaushik

Walsh

Haefele

2016

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Due to international migration, a large number of workplaces are becoming linguistically diverse. This creates challenges for the workplace integration of immigrants and increases the risk of their social exclusion. A systematic review was conducted to determine the effects of linguistic diversity on social integration of immigrants within the workplace. Articles were identified by reviewing abstracts in electronic databases using keywords related to linguistic diversity, social integration, immigrants and workplace. The search yielded ten peer reviewed articles, published in English, between 2000 and 2014. Information was extracted and synthesized from both quantitative and qualitative studies. The studies were found to be concerned on: (1) social integration or social inclusion/exclusion, (2) social interaction and inter-group perception, and (3) accent discrimination. Smooth social and professional assimilation and the equality of opportunities for the immigrants were considered as the determining factors of their complete social integration in the workplace. Most studies in this review established a connection between social integration and local language skills; some indicated that racial discrimination and ethnicity based stereotyping contributes to social exclusion of immigrants, particularly when the studies involved visible minorities. The review enhances our understanding of challenges of complete social integration faced by immigrants and reinforces the need to invest in policies and program aimed at preventing marginalization of immigrants. Due to limited number of studies identified by this review and the variation in findings, further research is necessary to investigate the role of linguistic diversity in the workplace integration of immigrants in immigrant receiving countries.

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Section: Social Integration and Local Language Skillsmentioning

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Section: Social Integration and Local Language Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Accent Discriminationmentioning

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Section: Accent Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Integration of Immigrants within the Linguistically Diverse Workplace: A Systematic Review

Kaushik

Walsh

Haefele

2016

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“…Однако наряду с привычными метода-ми учеными были предложены некоторые нестандартные методики. Например, Анне Шлютер (Anne Schluter) из Политехнического университета Гонконга, автор публикаций о турецких курдах (Schluter 2010), в целях выявления отношения но-сителей турецкого языка к его стандартной форме предложила своим студентам несколько аудиозаписей, которые содержали примеры текстов, произносимых с диалектными особенностями разных регионов Турции, и несколько отрывков ре-чи без диалектных особенностей. В результате исследователь обнаружила, что в подавляющем большинстве случаев носителя стандартной формы турецкого языка студенты представляли себе успешным, грамотным, обеспеченным и интел-лигентным человеком.…”

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