This book examines the impact that the lack of English proficiency has on non-English-speaking refugees employment, access to social and healthcare services, and intercultural issues that hinder their assimilation to host cultures. The book assesses refugees accomplishments and resilience strategies used to cope. It also discusses that refugees do experience social isolation, anxiety, stress, and employment difficulties in host cultures due to the language barriers. The "anxiety/uncertainty management theory of strangers intercultural adjustment" by William B. Gudykunst is used to explain the...
This book examines the impact that the lack of English proficiency has on non-English-speaking refugees employment, access to social and healthcare se...