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| Author and contact | Koula Charitonos and Agnes Kukulska-Hulme {koula.charitonos; agnes.kukulskahulme}@open.ac.uk |
Title | Community-based interventions for language learning among refugees and migrants |
Language | English |
| Date | 2017 |
| Description | This paper presents recent research projects carried out at The Open University UK that involved work with migrant learners. Across these projects the aim was to understand the use of mobile technologies, to create and evaluate a number of mobile applications for informal learning scenarios, and to design learning activities with an aim to support language acquisition. By drawing on a small exploratory study carried out in community settings with diaspora youth we reflect on technology deployed, methods used and lessons learnt with an aim to contribute to research agenda that could guide HCI research in refugee contexts. |
Key words | Technology-supported learning, language learning; communitylearning; migrants; refugees |
Full reference (publication/web link) | K. Charitonos and A. Kukulska-Hulme 2017. Community-based interventions for language learning among refugees and migrants. In Proceedings of HCI and Refugees Workshop, Communities & Technologies 2017, France, July 2017, 4 pages - http://oro.open.ac.uk/49677/4/ACM_HCI%20Refugees_Charitonos%2BKukulska-Hulme.pdf |
Other interesting information | This paper recognizes the huge potential of mobile technology for providing more efficient and sustainable support of immigrants and refugees, especially in relation to addressing their need for developing their language skills in the host country. Open University started projects and apps that favoured ‘incidental learning’, i.e inententional learning while doing other activities, and the use of smartphones which triggers language learning. |
Interest for the project | 5/5 |
| Contributor´s name + email | Stéphanie Barillé - stephanie@unak.is |