Capital as Vocational Currency in Refugee Migrant Education: Intersection of Language Training, Work Experience and Vocational Qualifications

Autor/in	Hsieh, Yi-Jung Teresa
Titel	Capital as Vocational Currency in Refugee Migrant Education: Intersection of Language Training, Work Experience and Vocational Qualifications
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 75 (2023) 5, S.991-1012 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hsieh, Yi-Jung Teresa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2021.1989707
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Migrant Education; Work Experience; Employment Qualifications; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Muslims; Males; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Muslim; Muslimin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Australien
Abstract	For refugee migrants, proficiency in the language of their host country is a significant factor affecting their chance of integration and employment in their new society. For this reason, many Western nations provide host-country language training for such migrants. Australia thus offers English language training within its Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector to assist in refugee settlement. This study draws on qualitative interview data collected from a group of male Muslim refugee migrants attending these Australian training programs. Applying a Bourdieusian analysis to the data, the study's findings suggest that language training alone does not meet their linguistic and vocational needs. The paper argues first that the current language training programs need to be reconceptualised to consider the intersection of language training, work experience and vocational qualification; and second, that there must be a confluence of these three factors if refugee migrants are to have any chance of gaining meaningful employment opportunities. The notion of capital as 'vocational currency' is proposed as a new term to identify the complex relationships within this confluence. The article concludes with discussion of the implications of this study for language training within these VET programs. (As Provided).
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