perspectives on language support 2014 national refugee forum wellington
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Perspectives on Language Support 2014 National Refugee Forum Wellington Jody McBrien- [email protected] 2014 Ian Axford Fellow Host: MBIE. orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho: Competing Priorities in the New Zealand Refugee Resettlement Strategy August 19 th Nau Mai Room - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Perspectives on Language Support
2014 National Refugee ForumWellington
Jody McBrien- [email protected] 2014 Ian Axford Fellow
Host: MBIE
OREA TE TUATARA KA PATU KI WAHO:COMPETING PRIORITIES IN THE NEW ZEALAND
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT STRATEGY
AUGUST 19TH NAU MAI ROOM
143 LAMBTON QUAY 12:30-1:30
Contact Stefanie Joe: [email protected]
AUT RESEARCH 2011-12
WHICH PERSPECTIVES?
• Comparative, in terms of New Zealand & US - international perspective.
• Children and youth support, sometimes overlooked
• Pragmatic perspective • Humanitarian perspective
US RESETTLEMENT
MRRC
COMMUNITY LEARNING HUBS
THINK
• How many of you speak more than one language? • How many here have English as their first language? • How confident do you feel conversing with native speakers of
that second or third language? • How long did it take to get to that point? How did you get
there? • Do you think you could hold a job in your field with the amount
of other language ability you now have? If not, what would it take you to get there?
• If you don’t speak a second language, why not? What prevented you?
• How you would define success for yourself. Do you apply the same definition to others? Why or why not?
WHO NEEDS IT?
PRACTICAL NEEDS• I can’t get good work until I can speak English.• I don’t know any Kiwis because I can’t speak to them
in English.• I need more English to get a better job, but the
classes are when I have to work.• English is their greatest need• They can’t understand the required health and
safety instructions without English• MBIE Research: “Not being able to speak the host
language is not only a barrier to economic integration but also to social interaction and full participation in New Zealand society”
CHALLENGES
1. Limits2. Competing priorities3. Contexts
MIHI
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.Nga Mihi Katoa nga Rangatira o tenei raKo Mansfield te māunga. Ko Niagara te awa. Ko Atlantic te moana. Ko Marikena te iwi.Ko Jody McBrien ahauE ki ana te whakataukiHe aha te mea nui o te Ao? He tangata, he tangata, he
tangata
NON-VERBAL LANGUAGE
BEING HUMANITARIANS
“Once we arrive in New Zealand, we are permanent residents. We are new Kiwis! We are no longer refugees. We have a new country. We have a refugee background, but we must not think of ourselves as refugees anymore.”
Kia ora! Gracias! Mahadsanid! Merci!