Overcoming language barriers: lessons learnt from migrant children

dc.contributor.authorYu, Ke
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-21T09:58:23Z
dc.date.available2018-06-21T09:58:23Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we identify reasons for the high school achievement of some migrant children, in spite of the language barriers faced by themselves and their parents. We explore the literature to determine the factors used to overcome such barriers, particularly those beyond social economic status (SES) and other largely inherited factors that remain a common focus of migration and school effectiveness literature. We identify the need to pay greater attention to non-conventional factors, such as aspirations, expectations and creativities. We also examine school effectiveness literature in South Africa, arguably a typical case of a developing country, and note that much of the literature centres on analysis and lamentation of physical and human resource constraints, instead of experimenting on non-conventional factors.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationYu, K., & Shandu, B. 2017. Overcoming language barriers: lessons learnt from migrant children. Perspectives in Education, 35(1), 157-170.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-2236 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2519-593X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v35i1.12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/8537
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Education, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectAspirationsen_ZA
dc.subjectLanguage barriersen_ZA
dc.subjectNon-conventional factors for school achievementen_ZA
dc.subjectMotivationen_ZA
dc.subjectParent involvementen_ZA
dc.subjectSchool success of migrant childrenen_ZA
dc.titleOvercoming language barriers: lessons learnt from migrant childrenen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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