The Acquisition of Greek as a Second/Foreign Language by the Imprisoned Adult Refugees and Migrants in Corfu: A Comprehensive Study on the Teaching Material Used During Their Formal Education  

作　　者：Alexandros Papanis Marina Kritikou 

机构地区：[1]University of Thrace,Xanthi,Greece [2]Hellenic Open University of Greece,Patra,Greece

出　　处：《US-China Education Review(A)》2024年第8期536-544,共9页美中教育评论（A）

摘　　要：The purpose of this article was to investigate the way that imprisoned adult refugees and migrants can acquire Greek as a second/foreign language.In particular,the study focused on the teaching material used by the educators during the teaching and learning process.Light was also shed on the benefits that formal education that can be offered to the inmates regarding their unhindered integration in the Greek society.The research was carried out in the Second Chance School operating in the Prison of Corfu.The Second Chance School in a Correctional Institution such as a prison was first established in Larisa in 2004.Today,there are already eleven in Greece.One of them is in the penal institution of Corfu,established in 2017.According to the Greek Ministry of Justice the 52.7%of the prisoners are foreigners and most of them hardly speak Greek.This study mainly dealt with formal education as a systematic and organized education model that requires students’constant attendance.Usually the learning objectives,the teaching frame,and learning procedures of the formal education are fixed and students need to acquire specific knowledge within specific time,which might make it even more difficult for imprisoned immigrants.On the contrary,non-formal education is considered to be more flexible and with non-fixed curricula.This article briefly presents the overall structure and the context of adult education that is nowadays in use in Greece-especially the one that refers to the education of inmates in Greece.Moreover,it focuses on the research that has been carried out in the Second Chance School in Corfu,it presents the data collected and concentrates on the obstacles and the limitations that the educators encounter in the Correctional Institutes of Greece,in general.Finally,there are some enlightening conclusions accompanied by some useful proposals aiming at the enhancement of the quality of the educational material used in the Second Chance Prison of Corfu.

关 键 词：adult education inmates of the prison of Corfu needs analysis Special Designed Educational Program for Inmates proposals LIMITATIONS 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]