HRM Combating the English Language Deficiti

Article Critique

Combating the English language deficit

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5 June 2010

1 ) Introduction : Overview of Article

Syed and Murray (2009 ) argued that the intersectionality of gender race , and identity , has to be examined , in to understand how women from Afghanistan , Iran , and Pakistan experience and handle employment opportunities and challenges . They conducted in-depth interviews with 24 NESB women . Findings showed that in the macro-national level , the main challenges were lack of English literacy skills , having work that

is not related to the participants ' education and skills , and English programs are not integrated into the migrant system . At the organisational level the participants did not fully understand their worker rights , and English skills predominantly shaped their career progression and social work interaction experiences . At the individual level , having a foreign-sounding name and poor English skills created poor employment opportunities and gender and ethnic discrimination , while some viewed their experiences in a more positive manner , wherein their ethnic differences attract customers from from Middle Eastern descent

2 ) Literature Review

Female migrants constitute the majority of the migrating population in the international scene (Dumont and Liebig 2005 . Despite their numerical superiority , women migrant workers continue to experience employment issues and challenges (Dumont and Liebig 2005 . Studies showed that the primary causes of their employment difficulties arise from the interlocking gender , racial , and other dimensions of their identities (Brah and Phonenix 2004 Kidder and Raworth 2004

Women migrant workers suffer from triple burdens...