{"id":218,"date":"2017-06-09T09:53:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T09:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/policy-engagement\/?p=218"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:31:22","slug":"english-language-for-resettled-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/policy-engagement\/english-language-for-resettled-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"English language for resettled refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior Lecturer in Education, Dr Linda Morrice,<\/strong> has been investigating the importance of providing resettled refugees* in the UK the opportunity to learn English.<\/p>\n

\"\"English language learning for resettled refugees is currently delivered through English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) programmes. To date ESOL policy and provision has been focused on employability. However, there are many other benefits associated with the provision of English-language learning opportunities.<\/p>\n

In this new Policy Brief<\/a>, Linda shows that access to English language courses can help resettled refugees integrate with the settled population. It can also increase resettled refugee\u2019s confidence when they engage with public services, improve the quality of contact experiences with other people, be empowering, lead to greater satisfaction in work or education and improve health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

\"Importance<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite this there is currently no national ESOL strategy, and this has led to shortcomings in both the quality of provision and understanding the scale of need.<\/p>\n

In particular Linda has found that:<\/p>\n