Open Access“I Have Big, Big, BIG Dream!”
Author(s) -
LiShih Huang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.40800
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , refugee , needs analysis , work (physics) , big data , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , medical education , mathematics education , engineering , political science , medicine , mechanical engineering , paleontology , law , biology , operating system
This article reports on a study involving multiple sources of data that captured adult Syrian refugee learners’ unique language-learning needs by developing and implementing needs assessment surveys; conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with the learners and teachers; and analyzing the learners’ oral production. The insights gained from the analysis of direct data (the learners’ oral production) and indirect data (content analysis using NVivo 12 Plus of the learning needs reported by learners and teachers) are intended to inform the work of researchers conducting needs assessment as well as the practices that are applicable within and beyond the Canadian context of instructors and material developers working with English-language learners who are refugees.