This textbook provides examples of real classroom activities that Chinese L2 teachers can utilize background knowledge of students as ready engagement to enhance their acquisition of Chinese L2 literacy. Unlike traditional textbooks that emphasize grammar translation approach, this textbook has been focused on literacy, e.g., basic components of Chinese literacy and daily interaction with Chinese literacy. This textbook provides Chinese L2 learners with beautiful graphic design and interesting comic characters. Each lesson unit provides detailed teacher manuals as well as hands-on classroom...

The Study of Language and Communication in Urban Refugees: A Sociolinguistic & Bilingual/Biliteracy Introduction to the Case of Thailand and beyond is aimed at international readership, a field arguably the center of language-communication studies for asylum seekers and urban refugees. This engaging book provides revealing insights into daily language and communication practices among urban refugees in Thailand. It includes basic entries for those unfamiliar with a given topic, contextualizing the work for the twenty-first century during the age of globalization particularly in regard to...