Preparing Refugee Youth for American Secondary School: The PASS Program.

Autor/inn/en	Peterson, Margo P.; Sosnowski, Barbara
Titel	Preparing Refugee Youth for American Secondary School: The PASS Program.
Quelle	In: Passage, 1 (1985) 3, S.8-12 (6 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Coping; Cross Cultural Training; Daily Living Skills; English (Second Language); Language Skills; Mathematics; Orientation Materials; Refugees; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Social Adjustment; Student Adjustment; Cambodia; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Bewältigung; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Alltagsfertigkeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Mathematik; Instruktionstext; Flüchtling; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschüler; Soziale Anpassung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Kambodscha
Abstract	Preparation for American Secondary Schools (PASS) programs designed to prepare 13- to 16-year-old refugees for the transition to American secondary schools have been implemented in the refugee training centers in Thailand and the Philippines. The curriculum emphasizes language and math skills and cultural orientation. Students also develop cross-cultural, interpersonal, and coping skills for their own transition and for their roles as members of a family in transition. Classes run for four hours daily for 20 weeks. Program development was based on knowledge of the students' (all Khmers) educational background, placement testing, and the experiences of English as a second language programs in the United States. The first class graduated from the Thailand program in September 1985, and curriculum development continues based on the experiences of this group both while they were in the program and after their arrival in the United States. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC