Imagine being a Syrian or Iraqi teenager speaking only a few words of English, arriving in Australia as part of a refugee resettlement programme and starting your first day at school. Only, to your surprise, a majority of people at …
Category: Refugees and displaced people
A Universal Story in A Universal Language?
Chris Michael tells us about his live stage show that reimagines the Charlie Chaplin silent film classic, The Immigrant, for a live theatre audience. Chris hopes that this show will demonstrate that theatre is for everyone, no matter their level …
Supporting unaccompanied asylum seeker children: eLearning for social workers, schools and foster carers
Jane Townsend has worked with asylum seeker children and their families in Gloucester for many years. In this post she describes an initiative that she set up with the county council to help social workers, schools and foster carers understand …
Creative ESOL for EAL
ReWrite is a London-based charity that aims to break down barriers of prejudice and racism through drama and creative writing. This post, by Farha Bi, builds on her experience of running Creative ESOL with EAL pupils in London schools. Rewrite has been working …
Unblocking university for displaced people
Today we begin a new series of blog posts around EAL. Our first is from Anna Lindley of SOAS (the School for Oriental and African Studies) in London. She writes about what universities can do for displaced people, including a …
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A place in the sun … or the Daily Mail
I had the good fortune to be in Melbourne at the end of November and visited the fantastic Immigration Museum, which just so happened to be having a special exhibition about British migrants to Australia. It was illuminating to be …
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