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Language and Literacy in Refugee Families

This book examines the agreements and discrepancies between public understanding and assumptions about refugees, and the actual beliefs and practices among the refugees themselves in a time of increasing mobility fuelled by what many call 'refugee crisis’. With a focus on language and literacy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duran, Chatwara Suwannamai
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Language and Globalization
Subjects:
Human Migration
Literacy
Applied Linguistics
Emigration And Immigration
Multilingualism
Sociolinguistics
Globalization
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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