LEADER 03649nam 22006015 450 001 9910349351803321 005 20230810164406.0 010 $a3-030-14668-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-14668-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000008618173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5813791 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-14668-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008618173 100 $a20190709d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBecoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle /$fby YiXi LaMuCuo 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (196 pages) 225 1 $aMultilingual Education,$x2213-3216 ;$v34 311 $a3-030-14667-7 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis book contributes significantly to our understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education as a sociocultural and political process by offering analyses of the stories of five Tibetan individual journeys of becoming bilingual in the Tibetan areas of China at four different points in time from 1950 to the present. The data presented comprises the narrative of their bilingual encounters, including their experiences of using language in their families, in village, and in school. Opportunities to develop bilingualism were intimately linked with historical and political events in the wider layers of experiences, which reveal the complexity of bilingualism. Moreover, their experiences of developing bilingualism are the stories of struggle to become bilingual. They struggle because they want to keep two languages in their lives. It illustrates their relationship with society. They are Tibetans. L1 is not the official language of their country, but it is the tie with their ethnicity. It addresses bilingualism linked with the formation of identity. The unique feature of this book is that it offers a deep understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education by examining the stories of five individuals? learning experiences over a period of almost 60 years. 410 0$aMultilingual Education,$x2213-3216 ;$v34 606 $aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching 606 $aMultilingualism 606 $aEducation and state 606 $aInternational education 606 $aComparative education 606 $aLanguage Education 606 $aMultilingualism 606 $aEducational Policy and Politics 606 $aInternational and Comparative Education 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aMultilingualism. 615 0$aEducation and state. 615 0$aInternational education. 615 0$aComparative education. 615 14$aLanguage Education. 615 24$aMultilingualism. 615 24$aEducational Policy and Politics. 615 24$aInternational and Comparative Education. 676 $a401.93 676 $a306.446089951 700 $aLaMuCuo$b YiXi$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01065234 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910349351803321 996 $aBecoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle$92544045 997 $aUNINA