Becoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle [electronic resource] / by YiXi LaMuCuo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Multilingual Education ; 34Publisher: Cham : 2019Edition: 1st ed. 2019Description: XIX, 183 p. 14 illus. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783030146689
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 407.1 23
LOC classification:
  • LC8-6691
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Understanding Bilingual Stories: Literature Review -- Finding Stories: Methodology -- Gegan's Story -- Gegan's Story: Becoming a Tibetan Teacher -- Three Stories of People Becoming Bilinguals in the Tibetan Areas of China from 1966 -- Understanding Stories: Discussion -- What Stories Reveal: Conclusion.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book contributes significantly to our understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education as a sociocultural and political process by offering analyses of the stories of five Tibetan individual journeys of becoming bilingual in the Tibetan areas of China at four different points in time from 1950 to the present. The data presented comprises the narrative of their bilingual encounters, including their experiences of using language in their families, in village, and in school. Opportunities to develop bilingualism were intimately linked with historical and political events in the wider layers of experiences, which reveal the complexity of bilingualism. Moreover, their experiences of developing bilingualism are the stories of struggle to become bilingual. They struggle because they want to keep two languages in their lives. It illustrates their relationship with society. They are Tibetans. L1 is not the official language of their country, but it is the tie with their ethnicity. It addresses bilingualism linked with the formation of identity. The unique feature of this book is that it offers a deep understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education by examining the stories of five individuals’ learning experiences over a period of almost 60 years.
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Introduction -- Understanding Bilingual Stories: Literature Review -- Finding Stories: Methodology -- Gegan's Story -- Gegan's Story: Becoming a Tibetan Teacher -- Three Stories of People Becoming Bilinguals in the Tibetan Areas of China from 1966 -- Understanding Stories: Discussion -- What Stories Reveal: Conclusion.

This book contributes significantly to our understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education as a sociocultural and political process by offering analyses of the stories of five Tibetan individual journeys of becoming bilingual in the Tibetan areas of China at four different points in time from 1950 to the present. The data presented comprises the narrative of their bilingual encounters, including their experiences of using language in their families, in village, and in school. Opportunities to develop bilingualism were intimately linked with historical and political events in the wider layers of experiences, which reveal the complexity of bilingualism. Moreover, their experiences of developing bilingualism are the stories of struggle to become bilingual. They struggle because they want to keep two languages in their lives. It illustrates their relationship with society. They are Tibetans. L1 is not the official language of their country, but it is the tie with their ethnicity. It addresses bilingualism linked with the formation of identity. The unique feature of this book is that it offers a deep understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education by examining the stories of five individuals’ learning experiences over a period of almost 60 years.

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