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Thank you @AzaniaMoya @meenamikata1 @Shefali__K and @adi_rajan for joining us today! :-)

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Thank you for joining us for this #EdLitchat on the Language for Resilience. We'll be sharing details of our book for February soon so stay tuned!

[Meena Sridharan @meenamikata1]

@adi_rajan Principle 2: Effective language learning does not take
place within a silo, but within a community. #EdLitChat

[Meena Sridharan @meenamikata1]

@adi_rajan @AzaniaMoya @EdLitChat Totally agree. We make assumptions. Kerry Dixon says"The argument that social cohesion will be affected if refugees maintain their home languages is part of
assimilationist discourses."
Very true #EdLitChat

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In one of Kerryn Dixon's pieces, there is mention of how code-switching is used to exclude migrants in South Africa. #EdLitchat Perhaps the case for translanguaging isn't watertight.

[Azania @AzaniaMoya]

@EdLitChat 2. The adoption of Translanguaging teaching methods is also a useful tool to manage refugee trauma linked to learning and how that plays out in the classroom. It is important to have home languages to foster safe spaces.

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[Azania @AzaniaMoya]

@adi_rajan @EdLitChat I faced real situations as depicted in Kerryn Dixon's thought piece called 'Access, language and structural inequality'.
Asylum seekers in Glasgow wait for a long time to get refugee status. They have no access to public housing and employment.

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[Azania @AzaniaMoya]

@EdLitChat 2. The adoption of Translanguaging teaching methods is also a useful tool to manage refugee trauma linked to learning and how that plays out in the classroom. It is important to have home languages to foster safe spaces.

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[Azania @AzaniaMoya]

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I agree with the notion that learning English mostly prepares refugees for low end jobs. It is not a magic wand that enables seamless integration (Warriner 2016). "Cultural capital and knowledge of how things
is equally important"

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[Azania @AzaniaMoya]

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1. Adopting Translanguaging teaching methods is not an option in ESOL classes, given the issue of refugees identifying with their homelanguages.

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[Meena Sridharan @meenamikata1]

@adi_rajan @EdLitChat I enjoyed the cover statements and implementation policies for each principle#EdLitChat

[Meena Sridharan @meenamikata1]

@adi_rajan @EdLitChat I found the chapter on capacity building for teachers of refugees the most interesting, as well as Principle 1 - complexity of context#EdLitChat

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🌟 @AzaniaMoya couldn't join us today but we'll be RTing some of the tweets she posted earlier. She's shared her views on the book in light on her experiences of working with asylum seekers #EdLitChat

[Azania @AzaniaMoya]

@EdLitChat Hello there! I can't be there for the live discussion. But this topic is relevant to me.. given that I have worked with Refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow last year.

I particularly found the following points useful.

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Hello and welcome to #EdLitChat for January 2019. We're discussing Language for Resilience edited by Dr Tony Capstick: https://t.co/zXN8hZKAIY Initial thoughts? :-)

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#EdLitChat starts in 90 min on Twitter! Check what time it is where you are: https://t.co/t1xJgnN4rx

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Don't forget to join us for #EdLitchat tomorrow. We're discussing Language for Resilience from @BritishCouncil & @TeachingEnglish. You can download a free copy from https://t.co/zXN8hZKAIY Check what time it is where you are: https://t.co/t1xJgnN4rx #ELT #ELTchat #Educhat #mfl

[Shefali Kulkarni @Shefali__K]

Great! Gives me a little more time to finish reading!!
Looking forward to catching up with you all!!!

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Haven't made much progress on our book of the month? No worries. You have an extra week to finish Language for #Resilience. We'll be meeting on Saturday 2 February to chat about this insightful book. #EdLitChat #ELT #ELTchat #Education #Edchat

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@swisshelena Hi Helena, here's a transcript of that chat: https://t.co/ALzYKTY3Qm

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Our first #EdLitChat book for 2019 is the recent @TeachingEnglish publication, Language for Resilience. We'll be meeting on Twitter on Jan 27 to discuss this book so you'd better get started right away. You can download a free copy from: https://t.co/zXN8hZKAIY Happy reading!

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Here's the transcript for the #EdLitChat on Becoming Research Literate that took place on Oct 28. We'll be announcing our book for November shortly.
https://t.co/XBQawOjnoC