Overview
- Offers a historic picture of the development of bilingualism which occurred in Tibetan areas of China from 1950 to the present
- Contributes to the understanding of bilingualism
- Focuses on listening to the voices of marginalized individuals who are born to become bilinguals
Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 34)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 theirethnicity. 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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Becoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle
Authors: YiXi LaMuCuo
Series Title: Multilingual Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14668-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14667-2Published: 18 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14670-2Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14668-9Published: 09 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2213-3208
Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 183
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education