Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions

The current study explored the second language acquisition (SLA) difficulties that 45 Syrian refugees and asylum seekers encountered in nine countries (Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Malay, Austria, and Romania) that they fled to away from the ongoing war in Syria. The study also...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Masri, Hayat Al (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Abu-Ayyash, Emad A. S. (author)
منشور في: 2020
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2893
https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0025
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description The current study explored the second language acquisition (SLA) difficulties that 45 Syrian refugees and asylum seekers encountered in nine countries (Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Malay, Austria, and Romania) that they fled to away from the ongoing war in Syria. The study also sought to elicit the solutions for these difficulties from the participants’ views. This research employed interviews and an open-ended questionnaire utilizing the Facebook Messenger application to gather data. The study builds on and broadens the scope of language acquisition research and questions main SLA theoretical underpinnings. The study found a variety of difficulties pertinent to economic, personal, social, linguistic, temporal, and psychological factors. The participants’ recommendations were classified into refugee-based, community-based, and authority-based ones.
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spelling Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutionsMasri, Hayat AlAbu-Ayyash, Emad A. S.acquisition difficulties, asylum seekers, refugees, second language acquisitionThe current study explored the second language acquisition (SLA) difficulties that 45 Syrian refugees and asylum seekers encountered in nine countries (Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Malay, Austria, and Romania) that they fled to away from the ongoing war in Syria. The study also sought to elicit the solutions for these difficulties from the participants’ views. This research employed interviews and an open-ended questionnaire utilizing the Facebook Messenger application to gather data. The study builds on and broadens the scope of language acquisition research and questions main SLA theoretical underpinnings. The study found a variety of difficulties pertinent to economic, personal, social, linguistic, temporal, and psychological factors. The participants’ recommendations were classified into refugee-based, community-based, and authority-based ones.De Gruyter2025-04-14T15:14:48Z2025-04-14T15:14:48Z2020-07-06ArticleAl Masri, H. and Abu-Ayyash, E.A.S. (2020) “Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions,” Open Linguistics, 6(1), pp. 372–385.2300-9969https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2893https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0025en_USOpen Linguistics 2020; 6: 372–385oai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/28932026-01-29T15:46:07Z
spellingShingle Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
Masri, Hayat Al
acquisition difficulties, asylum seekers, refugees, second language acquisition
title Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
title_full Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
title_fullStr Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
title_full_unstemmed Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
title_short Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
title_sort Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions
topic acquisition difficulties, asylum seekers, refugees, second language acquisition
url https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2893
https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2020-0025