Becoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle / / by YiXi LaMuCuo

• Autore: LaMuCuo YiXi
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 pages)
• Disciplina: 401.93; 306.446089951
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Study and teaching; Multilingualism; Education and state; International education; Comparative education; Language Education; Educational Policy and Politics; International and Comparative Education
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Becoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle
• ISBN: 3-030-14668-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910349351803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Multilingual Education, . 2213-3216 ; ; 34