Talking About Global Migration: Implications for Language Teaching

Theresa Catalano

Published by Multilingual Matters 2016

Talking About Global Migration

Implications for Language Teaching

Theresa Catalano

In the series New Perspectives on Language and Education

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783095551

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About this book

This book features stories from interviews with over 70 migrants from 41 countries, examining the language they use when talking about their migration experiences. The book interprets common themes from the stories using metaphor and metonymy analysis to lead to more nuanced understandings of migration that have implications for language teachers.

Author / Editor information

Catalano Theresa :

Theresa Catalano is Assistant Professor of Second Language Education/Applied Linguistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Theresa is also co-director of the Master's degree (and dual certification) in language teaching and acquisition (MAlta). She has published in a wide range of journals in the field including the Journal of Language, Identity and Education, the Journal of Latinos and Education, Teaching and Teacher Education and Critical Discourse Studies.

Reviews

This extraordinary and very accessible book, based on the theme of social justice, offers vivid accounts of the diverse and complex lived experiences of migrants around the world through their own voices, rather than media accounts. Theresa Catalano masterfully analyzes their fascinating stories using metaphor and metonymy and provides original, pragmatic suggestions for teachers educating migrant children.

The ‘settled’ - the teachers, administrators, and others who shape schools and school systems - will better welcome the globally mobile if they understand how those mobile children and parents make sense of their movement. Weaving together 77 migrants’ accounts here, Catalano masterfully shares key ideas to support this ‘better welcome.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Foreword Saloshna Vandeyar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Part 1: Beginnings
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Terminology and Types of Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3. What are Metaphor and Metonymy? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
4. Media Discourse and Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Part 2: The Stories
5. Adventure Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
6. Refugee/Asylum Seekers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
7. Family-Reunion/Child Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
8. Economic Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
9. Third Culture Kids (TCKs) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
10. Love and/or Marriage Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Part 3: The Metaphors and Metonymies
11. Summary of Dominant Metaphors/Metonymies in the Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
12. Media Discourse vs. Migrant Discourse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Part 4: Conclusion and Future Directions
13. Conclusion and Future Directions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Appendix A: Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Appendix B: Resources for New Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Keywords: Migrants; Migration; Metaphor; Metonymy; Language teacher preparation; Migration crisis; Cultural diversity of student bodies

eBook

Published: May 3, 2016
ISBN: 9781783095551