9. The US Refugee Resettlement Process: A Path to Self-Sufficiency or Marginalization?

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contributors xi
5. 1. Introduction to Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Language, Policies, Pedagogies 1
6. Part 1: Defining Refugees through Policy and Practice
7. 2. Positionings of Refugees, Aliens and Immigrants in the Media 21
8. 3. The Different Meanings of the Word Refugee 35
9. 4. Restraining English Instruction for Refugee Adults in the United States 54
10. Part 2: Resettlement Practices and Effects on Education 73
11. 5. Building a Participatory Program for Iraqi Refugee Women and Families: Negotiating Policies and Pedagogies 75
12. 6. Learning English, Speaking Hindi: The Paradox of (Language) Integration Among Nepalis in the United States 96
13. 7. A ‘Slippery Slope’ Toward ‘Too Much Support’? Ethical Quandaries Among College Faculty/Staff Working with Refugee-Background Students 118
14. 8. ‘Talk English!’ Refugee Youth and Policy Shaping in Restrictive Language Contexts 135
15. 9. The US Refugee Resettlement Process: A Path to Self-Sufficiency or Marginalization? 152
16. 10. Language as a Fund of Knowledge: The Case of Mama Rita and Implications for Refugee Policy 172
17. Index 191