What It's Like To Be An Immigrant-Silvia Pančić 8b(2011)

What It's Like To Be An Immigrant: 

What It's Like To Be An Immigrant By:Silvia Pančić

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NEW WORDS Participants -sudionici Accommodation -smjestaj Integration -integracija Course-kursa

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There was an interesting Dutch initiative to let young professionals from all over Europe find out what it likes to be an immigrant. During the 6 days course participants experienced the problems at first hand and discovered how positive integration is a 2 way street.For 5 days they will be taking part in something they know a little about .

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The participants arrived in a Dutch town of Tilburg where it all begins. At the train station each receives a letter with the address of a Turkish familly, nothing else. Now they have to find their way there .

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Easier said than done, especially for the youngest two, Kim and Christine from Belgium. The two coworkers thought they’d be sharing a hotel room . (Christine said): Yea, it’s a hard moment, yes. Have you ever got to feel lost, you don’t know where you have to go, what you have to do. (Kim said):There is no place for two of us together, so I’ll just find a way. It’s not easy.

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Kim is 26.In Belgium she works in a government agency that immigrants have to visit when they arrive in the country. Normally, Kim sends these people off to find their accommodation . (Kim said): O, I don’t even know if I am on the right bus The insecurity of not knowing the right ways is part of the idea; it’s something every immigrant to Europe experiences

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Kim has almost never been outside of Belgium expect on package tours where everything was organized for them. (Kim said): “I don’t know where to go.” After a half an hour in a small side street Kim finds the right house. She’s mastered her first task.

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The next morning participants were interviewed just like every immigrant to the EU . Urslum, the woman from the organizing committee, plays the official . She plays several roles. Instructions are in Turkish.

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Hege Hoiland, Norwegian police officer, turned first for the interview. ( She says): At home I am more in control because I have my familiar job, but here I don’t know what’s coming next and that’s what immigrants feel too I guess. Noureddine Erradi came up with the idea for the work shop . He has plenty of contacts with immigrants and knows what they go through. When he came to Netherlands he was treated like “nobody” despites his university degree.

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The workshops include 4 hours of Turkish instructions every day just as EU states require people to learn their languages. Urslum is the teacher. Kim says: I know some words, the basic words, but I don’t think for me it’s possible now to have a conversation with Turkish people or to work even with Turkish people .

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But Kim’s new job is as a waitress in a Turkish tea room . She is asked to help a guest who is about to take his immigration test. She realizes that what for her is an experiment is a hard reality for him . (Kim says): In the past I always said “I know how you feel”, but now today and couple of days already, I realized that I didn’t understand …. That’s why I feel a little bit ashamed.

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15 responsible people from 10 European countries now have a different perspective . They can now go back to their accustomed lives in their own countries, but now they know what integration means in daily life.

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Questions What do the participants receive at the train stations? What are the names of the youngest two? Where does Kim work? Who is Urslum? What is Kim´s new job? Does Kim feel a little bit ashamed ?

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GRAMMAR Simple Past Tense: ... I realiz ed that I didn’t understand... Posvojni padež: But Kim’ s new job is ..... Present Perfect Tense: Kim has almost never been outside of Belgium ...

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