What is English for immigrants?

[WUM]

1. Language as a problem / barrier
2. Language as resource
3. Language as access

Take charge of your own life as non-English-speaking immigrants in Canada, and make English language as Items 2 & 3 rather than as 1.


Also: What is immigrant experience?

Immigrant experience:
- immigration is a period of very great stress
- mental health suffers most
- some are able to adjust more easily than others

Stress factors:
- Limited English skills
- Cultural isolation
- Family separation
- Loss of professional status
- Marginal status in society
- Poverty