Mobile Resources for Integration: How Availability Meets the Needs of Newly Arrived Arabic-Speaking Migrants in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Lindström, Nataliya Berbyuk; Hashemi, Sylvana Sofkova; Bartram, Lorna; Bradley, Linda
Titel	Mobile Resources for Integration: How Availability Meets the Needs of Newly Arrived Arabic-Speaking Migrants in Sweden
Quelle	(2017), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Web Sites; Computer Oriented Programs; Focus Groups; Second Language Learning; Translation; Vocabulary; Refugees; Semi Structured Interviews; Sweden; Syria; Iraq; Algeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Telekommunikationstechnik; Web-Design; Computerprogramm; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Wortschatz; Flüchtling; Schweden; Syrien; Irak; Algerien
Abstract	The paper reports on the availability and use of mobile resources by newly arrived Arabic migrants in Sweden, and how the resources meet migrants' integration needs. Analysis of websites and applications (hereafter apps) in combination with focus group interviews is used. Results show that though a variety of resources are available, translation and vocabulary apps are primarily used. Possible reasons are lack of connection in language training resources to migrants' immediate needs such as employment and education, accommodation, contact with locals and societal information (Ager & Strang, 2008). Cultural differences might be influential for Arabic-speakers' low use of chat apps for communication with locals. [For the complete volume, see ED578177.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01