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]
WHICH PERSPECTIVES?
• Comparative, in terms of New Zealand & US - international perspective.
• Children and youth support, sometimes overlooked
• Pragmatic perspective • Humanitarian perspective
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?
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”
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