Weaving together a range of student voices, perspectives and insights, this collection of studies from around the world offers the educational community a better understanding of K-12 and adult Chinese-heritage students in various international sociocultural settings outside North America

Guofang Li is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Wen Ma is an Associate Professor of Education at Le Moyne College, USA.

Foreword: Jun Liu

Introduction: Understanding Chinese-Heritage Learners' Lived Educational Experiences in the Global-Local Nexus: Languages, Cultures, and Identities

Wen Ma & Guofang Li

Part I: Languages, Cultures, and Identities of CHLs in Glocalized Realities

1. Construction of "Local-Born" Chinese Heritage Learner Identity in Hong Kong: Positioning and Negotiation

Li Zhen

2. Chinese International Students' Experiences with the Englishization of Japanese Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities

Hanae Tsukada

3. Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language by Two Multilingual Youths in Indonesia Anita Lie

4. Speaking or Being Chinese: The Case of South African-born Chinese

Ke Yu & Elmeì Vivier

5. The Third Space: Impact of the 'Hidden Curriculum' on Understanding the Identity of Chinese International Students in New Zealand

Xiudi Zhang

Part II: Motivation, Challenges, and Adaptation of CHLs in and Across Globalized Contexts

6. Challenges and Opportunities in Mainland Chinese Undergraduates' Adaptation to Hong Kong

Jian Tao & Xuesong Gao

7. Second-Generation Chinese Students¿ Education in Spain: Challenges and Opportunities

Iulia Mancila

8. Chinese-background Australian Students' Academic Self-concept, Motivational Goals, and Achievements in Math and English

Alexander Seeshing Yeung & Feifei Han

9. Chinese-heritage Undergraduates Pursuing a Degree in Chinese in the UK: Motivations and challenges

Jiayi Wang

10. Training for Transnationalism: Chinese Children in Hungary

Pál Nyíri

Part III: Teaching, Schooling, and Pedagogical Possibilities for CHLs

11. A Multi-Case Study of the English Language Experiences of Chinese Children in an Australian Early Childhood Centre

Jiangbo Hu

12. Chinese Language Instruction in Singapore: Voices of Children and Views of Teachers

Baoqi Sun & Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen

13. Overseas Chinese Heritage Students Learning to be Chinese Language Teachers

in Taiwan: A Journey of Comparisons and Affirmations

Ya-Hsun Tsai & Jason D. Hendryx

Conclusion: Chinese-Heritage Learners De/re-territorializing Transnational Social Field: Identities, Conflicts, and Possibilities

Guofang Li & Wen Ma

Afterword: Towards "Worlding Practice"

Angel Lin