Based on many studies, this lecture introduces three key roles in refugees’ communication networks. These roles are family, friends, and weak ties. Please pay special attention to the analysis of teacher’s role as a culture interpreter in international students’ network.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: Bhimji, F. 2008. Cosmopolitan belonging and diaspora: second-generation British Muslim women travelling to South Asia. Citizenship Studies, 12( 4), 413-427.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621020802184259

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture HERE.

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: In today’s global world refugees are not the only ones having to deal with ‘transnational’ relationships. Transnational relationships are extending across geographical distances and national boundaries. Everyone travelling away from home will have to deal with long distances in one’s relationships and transnational relationships. How do you think that this should be taken into consideration in multinational workplaces where at least some employees are immigrants and/or in schools where some students have an immigrant background? Share your thoughts in a discussion board.