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What not to do to ESL students, especially those who have had traumatic backgrounds, for example, as forced migrants and persecuted minorities:

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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Content warning: tsunami, gun violence

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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Recently I read The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland, which tells the true story of Walter Rosenberg/Rudolf Vrba, who was sent to the notorious death camp Auschwitz, from which he eventually escaped with a friend.

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There is so much evidence that we need to feel seen and heard. This relates not just to trauma and PTSD, but is a general human need and essential for mental (and therefore, physical) health.

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This post continues on from the last one, in which I started discussing the expectation that trauma survivors will have a new perspective on life that involves joie de vivre and lust for life. PTSD definitely disrupts th...

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A few years ago, a colleague of mine - who, like me, worked with former refugees and Iraqi international students - commented that once these students were in Australia and settling into university life, it wasn't long b...

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Sometimes, it seems like every man and his dog is jumping on the bandwagon of 'trauma-informed'. While at first glance this is very heartening, it ain't necessarily so. Just because someone says their organisation is tra...

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By Victoria E. Wilson, PhD in trauma-informed TESOL

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Last week I presented at the English Australia Mental Health SIG Symposium \"Brave New World\". At that event, I outlined some of the key findings into my PhD in trauma-informed teaching of English to adult speakers of oth...

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Using the findings of my PhD into trauma-informed teaching of English to adult speakers of other languages, I have created an acronym that summarises some of the key principles of my model. I will speak more about this a...

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Today I read an article in an education magazine that purported to be about how teachers can support traumatised students. Great! I thought. Then I read it and my dismay set in.

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In my PhD research into trauma-informed TESOL, and also over the course of my ESL and EFL teaching career, I have come across or heard about just a tiny minority of actively abusive ESL/EFL teachers. I really believe tha...

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Many educators and leaders of educational programs recognise that trauma in the classroom is not just a medical problem. As pioneering researcher in trauma-informed adult education, Jenny Horsman, wrote, we can't just te...

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Posted 6th May 2022

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