dc.contributor.advisor | Durrant, Philip | |
dc.contributor.author | Hubing, Garrett | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-08T18:14:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-08T18:14:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/15190 | |
dc.description | Ankara : The Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Bilkent University, 2011. | en_US |
dc.description | Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2011. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references leaves 59-60. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This work characterizes the sociological and sociolinguistic situation faced by
refugees and asylum seekers living temporarily in Turkey. Despite the fact that such
information could be of direct use to refugee aid organizations and refugee-receiving
countries, there has been no serious attempt to research the ways in which these
particular transit refugees obtain education. This study is an initial attempt to address
this research gap, in particular with regard to language learning.
The study has three main components: First, it characterizes the linguistic
challenges faced by refugees both while living in Turkey and after they have resettled
to a third country. Second, it gives an overview of the opportunities currently
available to refuges and asylum seekers to learn Turkish and English, either privately
or through formal instruction, while living in Turkey. The final component gives
informed speculation on what sorts of systematic changes, either to the Turkish legal
system or to the aid programs offered by non-governmental organizations, might
ameliorate some of the problems present in the current system. The study is based on
a series of interviews with refugees and representatives of various aid organizations.
The results of the study indicate that there are a variety of traditional and
non-traditional forms of refugee language learning going on in Turkey, but that these
are viewed as grossly insufficient both by aid organizations and refugees themselves.
Afghan refugees interviewed in Sivas, for instance, consistently spoke of language
acquisition as one of the biggest challenges they face, and a crucial aspect of how
they spend their time in Turkey. Interviewees were acutely aware of the fact that they
would need English in order to lead successful lives after resettlement, while aid
organizations generally saw the need for new educational structures, but had not been
able to offer broad support outside of Istanbul and Ankara.
In the analysis portion of this study, some of the main difficulties faced by aid
organizations interested in providing language support are addressed, and suggestions
are made concerning how future aid projects might sensibly be implemented. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Hubing, Garrett | en_US |
dc.format.extent | xi, 60 leaves | en_US |
dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | refugees | en_US |
dc.subject | asylum | en_US |
dc.subject | EFL | en_US |
dc.subject | Sivas | en_US |
dc.subject | NGO (non-governmental organization) | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | PE1068.T8 H83 2011 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | English language--Study and teaching--Turkey. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | English language--Study and teaching--Afghans speakers. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Refugees--Education. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Refugees--Turkey. | en_US |
dc.title | Language learning and transit refugees in Turkey : a case study of Afghans in Sivas | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.department | M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language | en_US |
dc.publisher | Bilkent University | en_US |
dc.description.degree | M.S. | en_US |
dc.identifier.itemid | B129839 | |