In order to fulfill my requirements for linguistics and Participatory Action Research, I am teaching 20 Sudanese refugees English three times a week at St. Andrews Church. The opportunity presents a comparison of Sudanese refugee life to Iraqi refugees here in Cairo.
As part of the curriculum, I will be teaching the 5- paragraph essay. Over the course of the Spring semester, I plan to use the essay assignments to gather the experiences and future goals of Sudanese refugees and compare them to those I will collect on Iraqi refugees. Each essay will revolve around one of the four subcatagories of questions I plan to ask Iraqi children, as listed below in the first post.
I will be able to interview and record each student, and maintain a folder of thier work throughout the semester. Sudanese male students ages 7-17 will be compared to the Iraqi group of the same demographic to get a better understanting of the common and unique challenges facing each group.
The comparison of sudanese boys to Iraqi boys is just one facet of the qualitative process. I hope to also gain a perspective of Iraqi refugee life from family members, social workers and others who have already participated in aid or research on the Iraqi refugee life in Cairo.
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