Offshore Visibly Different Refugees: Employment Status as it Relates to their English Language Proficiency

Peters, Nonja

doi:10.18848/1447-9532/cgp/v07i06/39487

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“…Contrary to other studies (e.g. De Costa, 2010;Peters, 2008), our participants did not view English as a pathway to finding a "good job," but rather affirmed that their employment skills would guarantee them work, then the English would follow. Yet, they were discouraged to find that migration to a new field, a place where their linguistic capital had lost its value in navigating the workplace and daily life emphasized the necessity of transforming and re-structuring their habitus in this new social world.…”

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Language and Identity Development Among Syrian Adult Refugees in Canada: A Bourdieusian Analysis

Ghadi

Massing

Kikulwe

et al. 2019

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Framed by Bourdieu's work, this article focuses on the intersections between language learning experiences, capital, and identities of Syrian refugees now living in Regina, Saskatchewan. In this qualitative study, data were collected during a series of focus groups with Syrian women and men. Based on the study findings, we contend that the participants' multiple identities as hardworking, employed, independent, Muslim mothers or fathers, and wives or husbands developed in Syria were gradually eroded or altered by the realities they experienced in Canada, yet they had a strong desire to re-establish their identity constructions from back home in the new context. We assert that the loss of their linguistic capital from back home limited their employment prospects, impacted their abilities to form social relationships with native English speakers, and led to a shift in traditional gender roles. It is imperative to adapt language training programs in order to support refugees in re-establishing themselves in their professional fields and daily living activities.

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Language and Identity Development Among Syrian Adult Refugees in Canada: A Bourdieusian Analysis

Ghadi

Massing

Kikulwe

et al. 2019

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“…settlement in regional or rural areas compared with cities) (Boese, 2013; Correa‐Velez & Onsando, 2009). These findings closely align with research on other migrant groups (Peters, 2008), suggesting systemic rather than community‐specific challenges for migrant integration into the Australian labour market.…”

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“We will start building from that”: Social capital, social networks and African migrants’ job‐seeking experiences in Australia

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Baak

Baddeley

et al. 2022

Aust J Social Issues

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This article explores the job‐seeking experiences of Black African migrants in South Australia, focussing on the role played by social networks in labour market integration. While it has been long held that “who you know” matters when finding work, the quality and nature of interpersonal connections that can be put to use for job‐seeking purposes suggests that not all networks effectively leverage social capital when it comes to employment. This article argues that Africa‐born migrants in South Australia are a small, diverse population whose experiences of labour market integration are mediated by both reception (how they are received and perceived) and strategy and choice (decisions made by migrants themselves). There is evidence of these migrants’ evolving and expanding social networks; however, the strategy of building the “right” social networks only goes part‐way to addressing employment gaps, while racialised social hierarchies are embedded in the Australian labour market.

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Factors Associated with Poverty among Refugees in the United States

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Offshore Visibly Different Refugees: Employment Status as it Relates to their English Language Proficiency

Cited by 3 publications

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Language and Identity Development Among Syrian Adult Refugees in Canada: A Bourdieusian Analysis

Language and Identity Development Among Syrian Adult Refugees in Canada: A Bourdieusian Analysis

“We will start building from that”: Social capital, social networks and African migrants’ job‐seeking experiences in Australia

Factors Associated with Poverty among Refugees in the United States

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