Overview

Provides the teaching methods and strategies educators need to foster diverse, inclusive and unbiased classroom environments. This book helps classroom teachers and educational leaders to support Asian American students in a variety of school settings, exploring their dual language use, literacy development and multifaceted identity (re)construction. Contributing to the fields of multi/plurilingual and multi/pluricultural education, it synthesizes key philosophical concepts, theories and perspectives that contemporary educators should be familiar with when working with racially, linguistically and culturally diverse student populations. It draws on 10 years of data from Korean heritage language schools and addresses topics such as translanguaging, culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy, transnationalism, AsianCrit theory and raciolinguistic ideologies. This book provides teachers, teacher educators and parents with valuable knowledge and understanding of how to adequately support students from diverse backgrounds in inclusive and unbiased classrooms.

Full Product Details

Author:   Chaehyun Lee
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781836680086

ISBN 10:   1836680082
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   10 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Understanding the Dynamics of Language, Culture, and Power in a Multilingual/Plurilingual World Chapter 2. Creating a Transformative Third Space by Embracing Heritage Language and Culture to Promote Multi/Plurilingualism Introduction to the Chapter Chapter 3. Enacting Translanguaging Pedagogy in Creating an Inclusive and Rich Learning Environment Chapter 4. Understanding Bi/Multi/Plurilingual Learners’ Dynamic and Fluid Translanguaging Practices Chapter 5. Embracing Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogy: Incorporating Multicultural Literature to Provide Equitable and Just Educational Experiences Chapter 6. Exploring Transnational and Transcultural Identity Construction in Distinctive Transnational Lifeworld Chapter 7. Implementing Social Justice-Oriented Practices to Achieve Equity and Justice Chapter 8. (Re)constructing and Negotiating Ethno-Racial and Linguistic Identities from Raciolinguistic Ideologies Chapter 9. A Call to Action for Educators: Applying the New Knowledge Gained

Reviews

Drawing on ten years of teaching in language heritage schools and multiple research projects, Lee offers busy practitioners a well-written and comprehensive guide to concepts such as translanguaging, transnational and transcultural identities, and Critical Race Theory. Her clear definitions and illustrative examples make this text ideal for educators who want to be well-informed about serving bilingual children, especially children from Asian families. * Catherine Compton-Lilly, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA *

Author Information

Chaehyun Lee is Associate Professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, USA. Her research interests include bilingual and multilingual education, social justice and equity education.

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