Literacy, Legitimacy, and Investment in Language Learning. The Experiences of a Female Syrian Refugee in the UK

Amina Al Dhaif; Graham Hall; Rola Naeb

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83317-6_4

Literacy, Legitimacy, and Investment in Language Learning. The Experiences of a Female Syrian Refugee in the UK

Amina Al Dhaif, Graham Hall^*, Rola Naeb

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Focusing on the experiences of a female Syrian refugee, Nadeema, this chapter explores the relationship between her Arabic L1 literacy, her investment in learning and becoming literate in a second language, English, and the implications of this for identity/ies negotiation in the multiple domains of her life in Britain. It traces the ways in which Nadeema’s migration and post-migration settlement experiences in the UK impacted upon her literacy development and social mobility, guided by the research question: how does a Syrian refugee’s investment in learning English intersect with her social positioning, changing identities and social mobility? Data is drawn from a broader ethnographic investigation of the language learning and identity experiences of 14 adult Syrian refugee language learners, including Nadeema, recently arrived in the UK.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Literacies in the Age of Mobility
Subtitle of host publication	Literacy Practices of Adult and Adolescent Migrants
Editors	Annika Norland Shaswar, Jenny Rosén
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	4
Pages	77-101
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030833176
ISBN (Print)	9783030833169
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83317-6_4
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2022

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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

‘Investment’ in language learning
Identity construction
Community of Practice
Ethnographic research
ESOL classrooms
Gendered identities

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Literacy, Legitimacy, and Investment in Language Learning. The Experiences of a Female Syrian Refugee in the UK. / Al Dhaif, Amina; Hall, Graham; Naeb, Rola.
Literacies in the Age of Mobility: Literacy Practices of Adult and Adolescent Migrants. ed. / Annika Norland Shaswar; Jenny Rosén. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 77-101.

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