Research note. Language training for prospective and practising social workers: a neglected topic in social work literature

Kornbeck, Jacob

doi:10.1093/bjsw/31.2.307

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“…It is just enough to assist you in daily life for example at a market or in a restaurant. (Beyza) Language learning is an often ignored but important competence (Kornbeck, 2001) as language provides access to other world views and different knowledge frameworks. The semester abroad provides an opportunity for immersive language learning over a semester.…”

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Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work

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2022

International Social Work

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Student exposure to international contexts can support students to develop a variety of knowledge, values and skills for social work practice in a globalised world. While various models of internationalisation in social work education exist, semester abroad models have received scant attention in international social work. This article presents perceived learning outcomes for German social work students who participated in an integrated semester abroad programme within the European Union, that are comparable to other international pedagogies. The model showcases reciprocal study abroad arrangements between universities located in neighbouring countries that has implications for such internationalisation beyond exchanges between North-South countries.

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Section: Skillsmentioning

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Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work

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International Social Work

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“…In fact, social workers will need to acquire at least sufficient mastery of the language to communicate on a day-to-day basis, but also to be able to capture the subtleties, emotional content and even the humour in their interactions with service users and colleagues. As Kornbeck (2001) noted, language skills (both native and foreign) are invaluable to social workers. Unfortunately, while a first set of language skills, such as written and oral communication, can be checked at application level or gained through adequate second language training, a second set of skills, such as communicating through an appropriate cultural context, normally takes longer, is more complex to develop and is culture-specific.…”

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Migration of Professional Social Workers: Reflections on Challenges and Strategies for Education

Pullen-Sansfaçon

Spolander

Engelbrecht

2012

Social Work Education

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“…Bilingualism has long been a feature of most European countries, where the languages of both indigenous populations and migrant communities have created challenges in terms of developing appropriate welfare services and policies (Drakeford and Morris, 1998). Yet, despite this dynamic plurilingual environment in which social work takes place, language policy remains an under-researched and under-theorized area in social work (Harrison, 2003;Kornbeck, 2001;Pugh, 1994). Bamgbose (2003) observes that regardless of whether or not it is made explicit by governments or institutions, language policy is ever present, and in its more covert form can be observed from what happens in practice.…”

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Language as a Problem, a Right or a Resource?

Harrison

2007

Journal of Social Work

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• Summary: Although many `Anglophone' countries now host significant linguistic diversity, minimal attention has been paid to language policy in social work. This paper examines how language policy in both its overt and covert forms infiltrates social work via three `orientations' to linguistic diversity: language as a problem; language as a right; and language as a resource. The utility of this framework for viewing linguistic diversity in social work is explored with reference to an exploratory study that canvassed the views of overseas-born bilingual social workers practising in Australia. • Findings: The participants strongly identified with a problem orientation to language, where a lack of English constitutes a significant barrier to participating in the social, economic and political domains. While a rights orientation to language was endorsed, it was seen to have limitations in terms of the inadequacies of legislation for challenging `monolingual' language attitudes. All informants supported a resource orientation to language, but claimed that linguistic diversity is often devalued in English-dominant locations. • Applications : Rather than privileging one particular lens on language, the study concludes that a flexible framework that allows for movement between different language orientations is necessary given the context-dependent nature of language use.

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Research note. Language training for prospective and practising social workers: a neglected topic in social work literature

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work

Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work

Migration of Professional Social Workers: Reflections on Challenges and Strategies for Education

Language as a Problem, a Right or a Resource?

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