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.

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

Integrated language skills CALL course design

Integrated language skills CALL course design

Kevin Watson, Grant Agawa - The importance of a structured learning framework or interrelated frameworks is the cornerstone of a solid English as a foreign language (EFL) computer-assisted language learning (CALL) curriculum.
Vocabulary Learning outside of the classroom: Institutional use of a spaced repetition

Vocabulary Learning outside of the classroom: Institutional use of a spaced repetition

Kevin Mueller, George Hays - The Global Teaching Institute (GTI) at Tokyo International University (TIU) was founded in 2013 with 10 faculty members and now in 2022 has 55 faculty members.
EFL teachers’ perceptions of online community projects in secondary school education

EFL teachers’ perceptions of online community projects in secondary school education

Lesley Fearn - English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is crucial in most secondary schools within the EU, yet teachers face many challenges.
Perceived effects of CET4 test preparation, language ability, and test performance: An exploratory study of Chinese EFL learners

Perceived effects of CET4 test preparation, language ability, and test performance: An exploratory study of Chinese EFL learners

Jiuliang Li - This study examined the perceived effects of test preparation for College English Test Band 4 (CET4) on development of language ability and test performance, which has not received sufficient attention previously.
Benefits of using online student response systems in Japanese EFL classrooms

Benefits of using online student response systems in Japanese EFL classrooms

Cathrine-Mette Mork - Online student response systems (OSRSs) are fast replacing classroom response systems (CRSs), also known as personal or audience response systems or "clickers.
Utilizing Flipgrid for speaking activities: A small-scale university-level EFL study

Utilizing Flipgrid for speaking activities: A small-scale university-level EFL study

David Hammett - In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many educational institutions to implement ERT, which resulted in courses going online across Japan.
Video tutorials: Camtasia in the ESL classroom

Video tutorials: Camtasia in the ESL classroom

Nicolas Gromik - The increasing quality and ever-growing presence of technology in and outside the classroom allows teachers to experiment with new forms of lesson delivery, from video production (Gromik, 2007), to blogging (Pinkman, 2005) and teacher produced podcasts (Diem,…