how to teach english to refugees

How can we help displaced people - far from home and needing to live somewhere else - to learn the language of their adoptive country?

These often traumatised people will have to go to school, find a job and place to live, learn to be part of the community and to communicate with neighbours.

There are lots of materials out there to help.

Here's the latest from the OUP - for free:

A new paper from Oxford University Press offers information and guidance for language teachers who may be struggling to teach refugees.

New guidance for teaching refugees - E L Gazette

And there are a lot of other good places to go: 

We’ve gotten so many calls lately looking for advice for teaching refugees and migrants. The usual questions are what do I need to teach English followed by what are the best TEFL resource for teaching English to refugees? We want to share our knowledge with you to help you change someone’s life, today.

TEFL Resources: Teaching English to Refugees - Premier TEFL

So, when we talk about the types of work you might be doing to help refugees, what exactly do we mean? Find out how to make yourself useful and get into the right positions with our advice!

Teaching English to refugees: tips & resources | The TEFL Org

Rachel Thomas teaches a weekly ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) class in Streatham, South London. She recounts here how she got into voluntary teaching and shares both tips and experiences of teaching English in her local community.

Tips for teaching English to migrants and refugees in the UK | British Council

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