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In this first episode, I invited Ömer to talk about the difficulties of immigrants to learn the local language. What are the main problems and how do migrants overcome them? Can an immigrant blame themselves for failing to speak the language or can they blame the environment?
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The scientific papers used in this episode:
Gallup's study: https://web.archive.org/web/20140910194152/http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/pdfs/the-worlds-potential-migrants
Oxford's study: https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Briefing-English-language-use-and-proficiency-1.pdf
American Community Survey: https://apps.urban.org/features/children-of-immigrants/
Bilingualism advantages: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/10-benefits-bilingualism/
British Council: https://www.britishcouncil.org/contact/press/nearly-half-britons-find-second-language-attractive-potential-romantic-partner
Fouka, Germans: http://www.restud.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/MS25372manuscript.pdf
Berlin school: https://www.berliner-woche.de/charlottenburg/c-bildung/umstrittene-deutschpflicht-neue-diskussion-ueber-verbindliche-regeln-auf-schulhoefen_a112937#:~:text=In%20der%20Herbert%2DHoover%2DSchule,nur%20deutsch%20gesprochen%20werden%20soll.
Homophily bias: https://icproxy.sabanciuniv.edu:2071/science/article/pii/S0014292116300344
Migrant Integration Policy Index: https://www.mipex.eu/key-findings
Isphording - migration drives: https://wol.iza.org/uploads/articles/177/pdfs/what-drives-language-proficiency-of-immigrants.pdf
Critical period hypothesis: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/critical-period-hypothesis#:~:text=The%20critical%20period%20hypothesis%20says,it%20is%20not%20universally%20accepted.
Language and wage: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3590195 -
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