Language and Literacy in Refugee Families

• Main Author: Duran, Chatwara Suwannamai. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Language and Globalization
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Globalization.; Applied linguistics.; Sociolinguistics.; Multilingualism.; Literacy.; Emigration and immigration.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781137587565
• Physical Description: XXI, 226 p. 18 illus., 15 illus. in color. online resource.

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 lite...