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 lite...

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Main Author Duran, Chatwara Suwannamai (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
SeriesLanguage and Globalization
Subjects
Linguistics.
Globalization.
Applied linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Multilingualism.
Literacy.
Emigration and immigration.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781137587565
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-58756-5
Physical DescriptionXXI, 226 p. 18 illus., 15 illus. in color. online resource.

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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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