Please join us in congratulating Dr.聽Rai Farrelly on the selection of her edited volume --聽聽(pictured at right)聽--聽as a FINALIST for the聽American Association for Applied Linguistics'聽prestigious and highly competitive biennial AAAL Book Award competition!
Dr. Farrelly's聽book, which she edited with colleagues and ,聽is a collection of empirical work that offers an in-depth exploration of key issues in the education of adolescents and adults with refugee backgrounds residing in North America, Australia and Europe. As described in the book summary: 聽鈥淭hese studies foreground student goals, experiences and voices, and reflect a high degree of awareness of the assets that refugee-background students bring to schools and broader society. Chapters are clustered according to the two themes of Language and Literacy, and Access and Equity. Each chapter includes a discussion of context, researcher positionality and implications for educators, policy-makers and scholars."
See the announcement from the American Association for Applied Linguistics聽,聽and join us in congratulating Rai on this important achievement!