Language and Literacy Education of Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Azlin Zaiti Zainal is Senior Lecturer in the English Language Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her research interests include teacher education, technology in language education, second language writing, oral communication, and discourse studies. Her recent publications are on dialogic teaching in language classrooms.Meng Huat Chau is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at Zhejiang International Studies University. He holds/has held Adjunct and Visiting Scholar or Professor positions at Jeonbuk National University, the University of Cambridge, and Yogyakarta State University. He has spent over 20 rewarding years working with students and teachers from primary and secondary schools and from institutions of higher education, including 14 years of service at Universiti Malaya. Meng Huat has published widely on how the study, teaching, and use of language and communication can help to make this world a better, more inclusive place for humans and fellow animals.Jessica Rummy is currently a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, where her research revolves around child trauma and language development. She would mainly describe her scholarship stance to that of an interdisciplinary applied linguist and educationist, within the architecture of contemporary humanitarian issues, social inequalities, and existential crises across multifaceted societies in Southeast Asia. Her previous scholarly research, academic projects, and educational work have combined applied linguistics and second language acquisition with cross-cutting issues surrounding youth learners from the indigenous population, refugees, asylum seekers, and underprivileged suburban communities in Malaysia.

• 1. An Overview of Pre-resettlement Circumstances of Youth Refugees and Asylum-Seeking Learners in Malaysia 2. An Overview of Language and Literacy Practices for Refugees and Asylum-Seeking Learners in Global and Malaysian Context 3. Outcomes of Literacy Projects and Findings of Research with the Chin Refugees and Asylum-Seeking Learners in Malaysia 4. A Narration of Agencies and Voices of School Leader, Volunteer Teachers, and Refugee Learners in a Pre-resettlement Language Learning Ecosystem 5. Conclusion and Ways Forward