Edited by Patricia A. Edwards, University Distinguished Professor, College of Education, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University, Catherine Compton-Lilly, John C. Hungerpiller Professor, Teacher Education Department, College of Education, University of South Carolina, USA and Guofang Li, Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transnational/Global Perspectives of Language and Literacy Education, Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada