Literacy, Teens, Refugees, and Soccer

Authors

  • Eric Dwyer Florida International University
  • Mary Lou McCloskey Educo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.37509

Keywords:

Atlanta, United States, English language proficiency, literacy, literacy assessments, refugee youth, adolescent boys, soccer

Abstract

This study examined the literacy development of teenage refugee boys in a one-month intensive summer literacy camp. The study intervention sought to abate literacy regression among language minority students in a suburban southern US city by combining physical training and promotion of literacy culture. Students experienced an intensive schedule of athletics and reading/writing workshops. Data were collected regarding student writing, reading proficiency, and dispositions toward literacy practices. Outcomes included increased expressed student enjoyment expressed for both reading and writing, especially for the experience of older students reading to younger peers. In addition, data indicated that summer literacy regression was largely avoided. However, reading proficiency level assessments foreshadow obstacles for students in achieving timely high school graduation. Finally, means used by mainstream teachers of assessing the literacy of refugee students, especially compared to assessments of proficient English-speaking students, are critiqued.

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Author Biographies

Eric Dwyer, Florida International University

Eric Dwyer is Associate Professor in the Department of
Teaching and Learning, Florida International University,
Miami, Florida

Mary Lou McCloskey, Educo

Mary Lou McCloskey is Director of Teacher Development and Curriculum Design at Educo, Atlanta, Georgia.

Published

2013-10-18

How to Cite

Dwyer, E., & McCloskey, M. L. (2013). Literacy, Teens, Refugees, and Soccer. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 29(1), 87–101. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.37509
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