@article{7e93224f245b43b8b534a9d3029e0208,
title = "“I speak 19 languages”: Accessing the linguistic and cultural resources of students from refugee backgrounds",
abstract = "This article reports upon one set of findings in an investigation of the pathways through Australian secondary school and into higher education for students from refugee backgrounds. English language proficiency was a key factor in the educational success of these students. However, teaching staff framed the language capacities of these multilingual students in deficit terms. In this article, we explore, through the capability approach of Fraser (1996) and Sen (2009), how language can be understood in relation to the capabilities that individuals, communities and society have reason to value; why deficit models of language learners persist; and how we can redress this through teacher professional learning.",
keywords = "Capability, Language, Proficiency, Refugee",
author = "Loshini Naidoo and Misty Adoniou",
note = "Funding Information: Loshini Naidoo, PhD, is Associate Professor in sociology of education at Western Sydney University, Australia. Her areas of interest include social justice education; transnationalism; Aboriginal, refugee and low SES students in Greater Western Sydney; and school-university-community partnerships. She is the recipient of national and international teaching awards and has led several externally funded competitive grants. She has an established reputation in the area of refugee education, having published extensively in this area. Her engagement with the communities in Greater Western Sydney allows her to continue her social justice work in the context of educational research on marginalised communities. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, LinguaBooks. All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "111--130",
journal = "European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL",
issn = "2192-1032",
number = "1",
}
