1. Working with and supporting refugees
Jo-Ann Delaney
Ann Cowie (by video)
Canterbury Christ Church University

2. Our experience Teaching ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Managing programmes specifically designed for refugees.
Research (UK and Germany) on language provision and citizenship courses for refugees and migrants.

3. Challenging stereotypes
Awareness raising of the language used to describe refugees.
Discussion of portrayal of refugees in the press
Statistics and damn lies!

4. Learners with English as a second language
Immigration terminology task
A migrant
A refugee
An asylum seeker
A failed asylum seeker
An illegal immigrant
An expatriate

7. Emigration statistics
Underline what you think is the correct answer.
Look at the answers from national statistics.
Which answer surprised you most / least? task

8. Minimum core work – beyond SPAG
Element
Multilingualism and the role of the first language in the acquisition of additional languages.
Issues that arise when learning another language or translating from one language to another. task
will enable trainee teachers to:
· acknowledge and respect languages other than English;
· encourage the use of other languages in the classroom;
· reflect on their own approach to error and meaning;
· develop approaches which help learners make best use of their first/other languages in learning new language and literacy skills in English.

9. Language awareness
Classroom language / communication – “grading language”
Awareness of colloquialisms, regional varieties.
Beginner English is not the same as beginner learner. Learners with PhDs.
Correction of spoken language (including pronunciation) is as important as correcting SPAG.
Specific issues for second language speakers across all the minimum core areas (reading, writing, speaking and listening).
Some awareness of English language and the tools to find out more.

10. Challenging theories

11. Challenging theories
Case studies
Testimonies
Reported stories
Real students

12. Resources
A huge range of English language teaching books (ELT / EFL / ESL) not primary or secondary English text books!
Colleagues who work in ESOL / EFL / Applied Linguistics
NRDC reports (free)
NATECLA
Language Issues journal.

13. NRDC
Language Issues