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Language and Literacy in Refugee Families

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by Chatwara Suwannamai Duran
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chatwara Suwannamai DuranSeries:Language and GlobalizationPublish date:2018-07-20Pages:226
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349954582ISBN-10:1349954586UPC:9781349954582Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Emigration & Immigration, GlobalizationBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCMDVARPSQ
Chapter 1: Introduction: Refugee, Language, and Literacy.- Chapter 2: "But, we are Karenni. We are not Burmese." Historical Contexts and Lived Experiences of Karenni Refugees from Burma.- Chapter 3: The Three Families.- Chapter 4: Life, Liberty, and (the Pursuit of) English.- Chapter 5: Karenni Youth, Multilingual Practices, and Transnational Literacy.- Chapter 6: Digital Literacy in the Karenni Families.- Chapter 7: Revisiting Transnationalism and Key Resources.- Chapter 8: Conclusion and Implications.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349954582ISBN-10:1349954586UPC:9781349954582Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Emigration & Immigration, GlobalizationBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCMDVARPSQ
Chatwara Suwannamai Duran is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English, University of Houston, USA. She has worked with Karenni refugees since 2009, completing her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Language and Literacy at Arizona State University in 2012. As an ethnographer, she utilizes multiple qualitative methods to explore language learning trajectories and literacy practices among immigrant and refugee families in the United States.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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