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Quadros, Sabrina; Sarroub, Loukia K. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2016
The lack of research about the Karen, one of 135 ethnic groups from Myanmar limits literacy educators charged with educating this refugee population in public schools. In this case study the authors explore the literacy practices of Karen families when at school and in their homes and within an ESL family literacy program. The case of these…
Descriptors: Refugees, Memorization, English (Second Language), Literacy Education
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Duran, Chatwara Suwannamai – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
This article discusses how a male Karenni refugee in the United States has constructed multilingual capital along the way of his multiple movements across national borders. As a member of an ethnic minority group in three different countries (Burma, Thailand, and the United States), he has invested in learning multiple languages throughout the…
Descriptors: Males, Multilingualism, Refugees, Ethnic Groups