37.1010, Books: Investment in Second Language Learning and Higher Education: Hauber-Özer (2026)

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Subject: 37.1010, Books: Investment in Second Language Learning and Higher Education: Hauber-Özer (2026)

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Date: 10-Mar-2026
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Investment in Second Language Learning and Higher Education: Hauber-Özer (2026)


Title: Investment in Second Language Learning and Higher Education
Subtitle: Narratives of Syrian Refugees in Turkish Universities
Series Title: New Perspectives on Language and Education
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
           http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781800419360

Author(s): Melissa Hauber-Özer

Hbk ISBN 9781800419360 £129.95 / US$179.95 / €154.95
EPUB ISBN 9781800419384 £20.00 / US$25.00 / €23.00
PDF ISBN 9781800419377 £20.00 / US$25.00 / €23.00

Abstract:

Set in Türkiye, the country with the largest number of refugees in the
world, this book expands the limited literature on higher education
for refugees, particularly the gap in research in displacement
settings.
It examines the experiences of Syrian young adult refugees studying in
Turkish universities, highlighting the intersections between
linguistic, social, economic and structural challenges and the
students’ resourceful approaches to overcoming these barriers. Their
stories depict both unique and common experiences of accessing higher
education during displacement and underscore the importance of quality
language instruction, interpersonal relationships, and supportive
faculty members.
It contests pervasive deficit perspectives that portray refugees as
helpless victims or a public burden and calls into question
assumptions about integration in the nation of asylum being the ideal
long-term outcome for refugees. The book also lays a methodological
foundation for future decolonizing work in applied linguistics,
centering the experiences of refugees and disrupting Northern
dominance of forced migration scholarship.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics




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