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The Role of the Target Language in Social Immersion of Haitian Immigrants in Chile and Educators' Beliefs About Its Teaching and Learning*

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Chile has received massive waves of immigration in a relatively short time, notably from Haiti. These migratory movements have highlighted the lack of preparation of Chilean public schools to incorporate young people from Haiti, or other non-Spanish-speaking students, into the educational system. The creation of public policies to address the teaching of Spanish as an additional language in school would help these adolescents achieve a higher level of academic and socio-cultural integration; however, there is resistance among teachers, administrators, and education scholars on this point. In this article, we aim to show how these resistances stem from a lack of consideration regarding what the teaching and learning of an additional language truly implies.

Source: Literatura y lingüística

DOI: 10.29344/0717621x.46.3093

Authors: Gloria Toledo, Karina Cerda-Oñate, Andrea Lizasoain

Institutions: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Talca, Austral University of Chile

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4320481095

FWCI: 0.516

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Cited by: 1

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