Eine vergleichende studie zum zweitspracherwerb geflüchteter frauen in der Türkei und Deutschland

Today, migration and flight are among the most discussed topics. Turkey and Germany are two of the top five largest host countries. After arrival, the refugees encounter the legal and language-political framework of the countries. This doctoral thesis focuses on the language acquisition of female refugees in Turkey and Germany. Whit the central question, research was carried out how female refugee can become successful language learners and which factors promote and delay language acquisition. Triangulation was used as a research method, and questionnaire and interview techniques were developed and applied in both languages. For the comparative study, 210 female refugees in Berlin and Adana were questioned about language acquisition strategies, language understanding, course and living conditions. Quantitative and qualitative data was categorized, statistical analyzed and evaluated. Thes similarities and differences in the language acquisition oft the female regugees were presented. The study shows that the reasons for the differences are related to age, education, first and foreign language skills, number of children, use of the national language in everyday life and length of language course attendance, so that they could be proven significant in the analysis. It can be conculuded that flexible course times, the inclusion of female teachers and childcare during the language course should be made possible in Germany. In addition, the need for systematic language teaching in Turkey, as in Germany, as well as the consideration and development of the subject Turkish as a second language, must be planned and integrated for the linguistic inclusion of refugees in Turkey. Keywords: flight, asylum, female refugees, language acquisition, Germany, Turkey, Berlin, Adana