If you work in newcomers education, you are likely to meet students who have gone through trauma. The behaviours resulting from trauma can be challenging. How do you, as a teacher, help these students?
In this episode I am talking to Aleks Palanac, Head of Santuary at the University of Leicester. We discuss what trauma is, the effect it has on the brain and what teachers can do to support students with trauma in the classroom.
Here are references and links to the sources we mention:
Palanac, A. (2020). Towards a trauma-informed ELT pedagogy for refugees. Language Issues, 30(2), pp. 3-14. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341452361_Towards_a_trauma-informed_ELT_pedagogy_for_refugees
van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma.
Viking.Herman, J. (2015). Trauma and recovery. New York: Basic Books.
MacIntyre, P. D., Gregersen, T., & Mercer, S. (2016). Positive Psychology in SLA. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters
A link to the HERE network: https://hubhere.org/
A link to some free self-access trauma training: https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/events/trauma-workshop
See www.taalteach.com for more information and materials for teaching newcomers.
