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Volunteering with Refugees

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Summary

Price
Free
Study method
Online
Duration
3 weeks · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification

Overview

This course aims to help volunteers understand how they can best support the linguistic and social needs of refugees.

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Description

Understand and support the social and linguistic needs of refugees

This course is designed to give volunteers an understanding of the backgrounds, current situations and needs of refugees from a wide range of contexts.
The course provides strategies and techniques for supporting the diverse needs of refugees and has a specific focus on language support, which may be provided in formal or informal settings (e.g. classrooms or informal support groups).
The course has been developed by a group of experts from Crisis Classroom and Cambridge English.

What will you achieve?

discuss key linguistic and social needs of refugees in a range of contexts

identify activities for interacting with refugees

identify and describe behaviours associated with trauma

design psychosocially protective activities to help refugees feel comfortable with learning

evaluate a range of teaching strategies and approaches for supporting language development

explore a range of resources for language teaching and refugee support

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for people either currently volunteering or planning to volunteer to support refugees and asylum seekers.
The focus of the course is on providing appropriate linguistic support which takes account of the needs and future plans of diverse groups of refugees. Previous teaching experience will be helpful but is not essential.

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