This pioneering piece of research on the situated study of language issues in the context of forced migration provides interdisciplinary insights into language as learned, used and lived by 12 Congolese refugees in Norway. It offers an innovative contribution to the field of SLA by bringing together structural, cognitive, social and critical approaches to data collected among the same individuals, these individuals being underrepresented within the field of SLA research as both refugees and learners whose experiences with language stem from the Global South. Their histories of mobility and their learning contexts are rarely reflected in theories and concepts from the Global North and this book thus makes a much-needed contribution to the field.

First edited volume devoted to language learning and forced migration

About the Author

Marte Monsen is Professor of Nordic Linguistics at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway. Her research interests include multilingualism, SLA, literacy, language testing, academic writing and ethnography.

Guri Bordal Steien is Professor of Linguistics at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway. Her research interests include multilingualism, SLA, prosody and ethnography.

Reviews
This book is a fascinating linguistic, pragmatic, and ethnographic exploration of multilingualism and additional language (AL) learning among refugees relocated to Norway. Particularly compelling are its insights into why AL learning can be difficult for multilinguals living in the AL environment and receiving regular language instruction, even when the AL is similar to languages they already know. * Scott Jarvis, University of Utah, USA *
This book presents a fascinating and multi-perspectival take on language learning triggered by forced migration, surely one of the most pressing and under-addressed issues in language education at the present time. Its focus on how this plays out for multilingual learners and its location in a Nordic country adds to its distinctiveness. * Mike Baynham, University of Leeds, UK *

With this important volume Steien and Monsen initiate a welcome reflection on the specific language learning needs of forced migrants. Contributors throw light on a variety of themes: from the different learning contexts of migrants to the effects of official policies, from emic perspectives on learning to language awareness. These much-needed reflections provide a significant addition to the literature on language, education and migration.

* Anna De Fina, Georgetown University, USA *



Book Information
ISBN 9781800412255
Author Marte Monsen
Format Hardback
Page Count 222
Imprint Multilingual Matters
Publisher Multilingual Matters
Weight(grams) 508g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 17mm