Migration & Language Education

Migration & Language Education

Editor-in-Chief: Sang Hwan Seong
First Published: April 2020
Frequency: Once times per year
ISSN: 2652-5984 (Online)

Aims and Scope:

Migration & Language Education is an innovative open access journal devoted to the research intersecting two different dimensions, namely migration and language education. When a person migrates, it is particularly difficult to adapt to a host country unless s/he already has acquired its language(s). At the same time, the migrants’ linguistic assets have intrinsic relationships with the identities and communication cultures of the migrants and their families. Thus, migration is naturally associated with various aspects of language education. This journal invites new and creative manuscripts that can discuss languages, language acquisition, identity problems, language policy, and social integration that are triggered by migration.

Publication Details:
This is an open access journal.
All articles are freely available immediately on publication.
There are no fees for submitting to or publishing in this journal.

Publisher Information:
Ground Level, 470 St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia
Email: journals@castledown.com

Archives

Volume 1 Number 1 (2020)

Volume 1 Number 2 (2020)

Volume 2 Number 1 (2021)

Volume 3 Number 1 (2022)

Explore this Journal

Work integrated language learning: Boundary crossing, connectivity, and L2 affordances

Linda Febring , Alastair Henry – In contexts of transnational migration, language skills provide the key to employability and successful integration into host country societies.

Metalanguage for enabling immigrants and refugees: Relevance of Natural Semantic Metalanguage and Minimal English

Boudjemaa Dendenne – We should seek every possible method for educating immigrants and refugees and facilitating communication for them – especially during the current difficult times due to the spread of a killer-pandemic (i.

Work integrated language learning: Boundary crossing, connectivity, and L2 affordances

Linda Febring , Alastair Henry – In contexts of transnational migration, language skills provide the key to employability and successful integration into host country societies.

Language teaching and settlement for newcomers in the digital age: A blended learning research project

Jill Cummings , Matthias Sturm , Augusta Avram – Blended Learning (BL) in English language learning programs in Canada is defined as the combination of f2f learning with instructor-facilitated use by students of online activities and resources that complement the…

Multicultural education: How are ethnic minorities labelled and educated in post-handover Hong Kong?

Fang Gao , Jan Gube – Using multicultural education as a lens, this article details the discursive formation of Hong Kong’s linguistic landscape with a focus on policy arrangements around teaching Chinese as a second language for non-Chinese ethnic minorities…

Factors affecting immigrants’ host country language proficiency: Focusing on the differences between migrant workers and marriage-migrant women in South Korea

In Young Yang , Seongseog Park , Sungjun Lee , Byeonggon Min – This study aims to reveal significant factors affecting the Korean language proficiency of immigrants in Korea by comparing the two immigrant groups, migrant workers and marriage-migrant women,…

Metalanguage for enabling immigrants and refugees: Relevance of Natural Semantic Metalanguage and Minimal English

Boudjemaa Dendenne – We should seek every possible method for educating immigrants and refugees and facilitating communication for them – especially during the current difficult times due to the spread of a killer-pandemic (i.

Migrant oriented Japanese language programs in Tokyo: A qualitative study about language policy and language learners

Seunghun J. Lee , Machi Niiya – Language proficiency is identified as one of the most important factors for successful migrant integration.

Language, diversity and culturally responsive education

Ann Lopez – Advanced economies are experiencing demographic shifts brought about by increased immigration.

Selected Linguistics Articles

EFL learners’ peer negotiations and attitudes in mobile-assisted collaborative writing

EFL learners’ peer negotiations and attitudes in mobile-assisted collaborative writing

Shiou-Wen Yeh, Cheng-Ting Chen - Based on the advantages of collaborative writing and the advanced development of mobile technology, this study investigated the communication process and attitudes of a group of college students toward collaborative writing using a Google Docs…
Exploring the Effectiveness of Deliberate Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Exploring the Effectiveness of Deliberate Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Andrew Obermeier - This article presents a work-in-progress focused on developing an experiment to investigate the effectiveness of different types of deliberate paired-associate computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
E-pals to motivate students: How a fully integrated email exchange can help motivate low-level students

E-pals to motivate students: How a fully integrated email exchange can help motivate low-level students

Marie-Nancy Bourques - This article describes how an email exchange (epal) can motivate low-level college students.
Multimodal literacy practice and identity in standard English learning: A case study in Taiwan

Multimodal literacy practice and identity in standard English learning: A case study in Taiwan

Hsiao-Ping Wu - The purpose of this qualitative case study is to understand the impact of four high school students' multimodal literacy practices in blogging and instant messaging (IM) on academic writing and how they construct their identities in terms…
Chronicling Indonesian EFL students’ engagement in podcast-based speaking in online learning milieu: A self-determination theory perspective

Chronicling Indonesian EFL students’ engagement in podcast-based speaking in online learning milieu: A self-determination theory perspective

Khusnul Khotimah , Bambang Yudi Cahyono, Deisyi Anna Batunan - The abrupt shift of teaching and learning to the online mode due to the covid-19 outbreak has inevitably called for technology integration to better engage students in online instruction.
Do you know who we are? Undergraduate students’ access to technology: A survey report

Do you know who we are? Undergraduate students’ access to technology: A survey report

Nicolas Gromik - This report presents findings from a quantitative survey of Japanese second-year undergraduate students about their access to and ownership of technology.
A survey of online teaching by native-speaker English instructors at Japanese universities

A survey of online teaching by native-speaker English instructors at Japanese universities

John Bracher - This study investigates how native-speaker English teachers working at Japanese universities use the Internet in their classes.