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- Pathways and pitfalls: refugee young people in and around the education system in Greater Dandenong, Victoria
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Young refugees in Australia are provided with six months of intensive English language instruction, but for many recent arrivals with disrupted or non-existent educational backgrounds, this amount of instruction does not provide them with sufficient language skills to cope successfully with secondary schooling, to obtain employment or to undertake further training. This research into [English as a second language] ESL provision in suburban Melbourne reveals the need to extend English language instruction in and out of schools and to make access to the programs more flexible for refugee young people.
Young refugees in Australia are provided with six months of intensive English language instruction, but for many recent ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Olliff, Louise; Couch, Jen
Date: 2005
Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; Victoria
Journal title: Youth studies Australia
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Migration; Youth; Skills and knowledge;
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- Pathways and transitions: post-compulsory education, work and refugee young people
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Australian agencies have developed a number of ways to help refugee and newly arrived young people of post-compulsory school age whose levels of education and types of experience do not match what Australian education and training frameworks associate with specific ages. This document provides case studies of initiatives and 'good practice principles'.
Australian agencies have developed a number of ways to help refugee and newly arrived young people of post-compulsory school ... Show Full Abstract
Corporate authors: Centre for Multicultural Youth (Australia) (CMY)
Victorian Settlement Planning Committee (VSPC)
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Report
Subjects: Youth; Skills and knowledge; Employment;
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