Asian Americans in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: The Long Overdue Voice

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Asian Americans in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

The Long Overdue Voice

Edited by: Khánh Lê , Zhongfeng Tian , Alisha Nguyen and Trish Morita-Mullaney

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2026

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This book centers and amplifies the voices and complex lived experiences of Asian Americans in bilingual education. Employing critical theoretical frameworks such as AsianCrit, decoloniality, counterhegemonic and anti-racist pedagogies, it broadens understandings of multilingualism and challenges dominant narratives in education.

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Contributors
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Foreword: No Longer on the Run: Asian Americans Displaced No More
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Ofelia García

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Introduction: Amplifying Asian/American Voices in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
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Khánh Lê, Zhongfeng Tian, Alisha Nguyen and Trish Morita-Mullaney

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1 Recognizing and Reconciling Intergenerational Language Loss in Asian American Heritage Language Immersion Classrooms
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Cheryl Lee

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2 As HMoob Have Always Done: What Bilingual Education Can Learn from the Persistence of HMoob Language Futurity
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Vicky Xiong-Lor and Choua P. Xiong

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3 A Comparative Analysis of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education: Cambodia vs the Cambodian Diaspora in the US
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Virak Chan and Samarnh Pang

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4 Language Ideologies in a Vietnamese Dual-Language Program in South Texas
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Nguyen Dao

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5 Divided: The Politics of Language Advocacy in a Vietnamese Dual Language Bilingual Education Program in Massachusetts
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Alisha Nguyen

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6 Eradicating my Chinatown Ching-Chong Accent: Narratives of Linguistic Colonization from Chinese American Bilingual Teachers
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Trish Morita-Mullaney

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7 Bilingual Enough to Belong? Double Standards and Language Commodification for Asian Bilingual Educators in the United States
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Helen Chan Hill and Kevin M. Wong 黃浩文

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8 ‘You Are Just a Chinese Teacher’: Chinese Teachers’ Lived Experiences in Mandarin Chinese Dual Language Bilingual Education
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Nuo Xu and Jiashu Lei

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9 Nurturing Transnational Sense of Belonging and Challenging Dominant Narratives for Asian American Bilinguals in Korean Heritage Language Schools
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Jungmin Kwon, Wenyang Sun and Ivy Ly

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10 Critical Literacy in a Korean Heritage Language Classroom: Implementing Social Justice-Oriented Practices for Asian American Students
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Chaehyun Lee

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11 Japanese as a Heritage Language Education and Subversions of Standardization: Post-Unit-Thinking, Teaching Idiolects and Neo-Immersion
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Neriko Musha Doerr

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12 Languaging to Resist Raciolinguistic Violence: Asian/American Multilingual Students’ Affective Languaging
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Eunjeong Lee

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13 The Beating of the Tongue: My Experience Learning English in US Schools
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Khánh Lê

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14 Speaking Up, Amplifying Our Voices: The Significance of Transnational Identities in Asian Bilingual Education
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Jongyeon Joy Ee and Zhongfeng Tian

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Afterword: Towards Multilingual Asian Diasporic Futures and Homeplaces in Multilingual Education
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Betina Hsieh

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Index
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November 5, 2025

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9781800419926

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https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800419926

eBook ISBN: 9781800419926

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Asian Americans in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

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About this book

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Foreword: No Longer on the Run: Asian Americans Displaced No More

Introduction: Amplifying Asian/American Voices in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

1 Recognizing and Reconciling Intergenerational Language Loss in Asian American Heritage Language Immersion Classrooms

2 As HMoob Have Always Done: What Bilingual Education Can Learn from the Persistence of HMoob Language Futurity

3 A Comparative Analysis of Multilingualism and Multilingual Education: Cambodia vs the Cambodian Diaspora in the US

4 Language Ideologies in a Vietnamese Dual-Language Program in South Texas

5 Divided: The Politics of Language Advocacy in a Vietnamese Dual Language Bilingual Education Program in Massachusetts

6 Eradicating my Chinatown Ching-Chong Accent: Narratives of Linguistic Colonization from Chinese American Bilingual Teachers

7 Bilingual Enough to Belong? Double Standards and Language Commodification for Asian Bilingual Educators in the United States

8 ‘You Are Just a Chinese Teacher’: Chinese Teachers’ Lived Experiences in Mandarin Chinese Dual Language Bilingual Education

9 Nurturing Transnational Sense of Belonging and Challenging Dominant Narratives for Asian American Bilinguals in Korean Heritage Language Schools

10 Critical Literacy in a Korean Heritage Language Classroom: Implementing Social Justice-Oriented Practices for Asian American Students

11 Japanese as a Heritage Language Education and Subversions of Standardization: Post-Unit-Thinking, Teaching Idiolects and Neo-Immersion

12 Languaging to Resist Raciolinguistic Violence: Asian/American Multilingual Students’ Affective Languaging

13 The Beating of the Tongue: My Experience Learning English in US Schools

14 Speaking Up, Amplifying Our Voices: The Significance of Transnational Identities in Asian Bilingual Education

Afterword: Towards Multilingual Asian Diasporic Futures and Homeplaces in Multilingual Education

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