Language and Literacy in Refugee Families
Author:   Chatwara Suwannamai Duran
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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Pages:   226
Publication Date:   20 July 2018
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Author:   Chatwara Suwannamai Duran
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   3.251kg
ISBN:  

9781349954582


ISBN 10:   1349954586
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   20 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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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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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.

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