Multilingualism in Emerging Diasporas: A Tibetan Case Study

MacPherson, Seonaigh; Ghoso, Dawa Bhuti

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“…Foreign-born women reported a strong desire to learn one or both official languages to improve their employment prospects, to gain better access to health information and services, (Dyck, 1993; see Table S5 in the online ), and to take a more active role in their children’s education (Kilbride & Ali, 2010). However, this did not imply a desire to abandon their mother tongue (MacPherson & Ghoso, 2008). Foreign-born women tended to rely more on informal networks to improve their language proficiency (Adamuti-Trache, 2012), and learning English served as a tool to negotiate their social identity (Morgan, 1997).…”

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Women’s experiences of immigration to Canada: A review of the literature.

Rezazadeh

Hoover

2018

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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This systematic review of the literature on the experiences of first-generation immigrant women in Canada was conducted with the aim of describing the factors found in the peer-reviewed literature that affect all aspects of their adjustment and well-being. This review was as broad as possible, while restricting it to peer-reviewed studies published from 1980 through 2015. On the basis of a comprehensive search of key databases (ERIC, PsycINFO, Medline, PubMed electronic databases, and university library e-journal sources), 166 peer-reviewed articles were identified whose results described some aspect of foreign-born women’s experiences in Canada. These articles were read and coded for (a) general topic of the study, (b) research methodology, (c) number of foreign-born women participants, (d) participant demographics (country of origin, legal status, and location within Canada), and (e) academic discipline of the study. A 3-step grounded theory approach was used to categorize the research topics of the articles. Six research topics emerged that exhaustively categorized all 166 articles: cultural transitioning, employment, housing, intimate partner violence, access to medical care, and mental health and well-being. The main findings of each article are described under those 6 topics. Foreign-born women faced economic, cultural, linguistic, and systemic barriers that impeded their access to health, social, and economic resources. Nonetheless, many studies revealed effective coping strategies and support networks that eased their transition to Canadian society. On the basis of these results, recommendations are made for further research on foreign-born women and for more effective and culturally sensitive mental health services.

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Women’s experiences of immigration to Canada: A review of the literature.

Rezazadeh

Hoover

2018

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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“…There has also been a surge in investigations with a focus on Canadian immigrant linguistic minorities, such as speakers of Ukrainian (Chumak-Horbatsch, 1999), Chinese (Xiao, 1998), Japanese (Sakamoto, 2001), Korean (Cho, 2008), Tibetan (MacPherson & Ghoso, 2008), and Spanish (Abdi, 2009;Guardado, 2002Guardado, , 2006Guardado, , 2008Pacini-Ketchabaw et al, 2001), as well as other languages (Kouritzin, 1999;Slavik, 2001;Sodhi, 2007).…”

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Speaking Spanish Like a Boy Scout: Language Socialization, Resistance, and Reproduction in a Heritage Language Scout Troop

Guardado¹

2009

The Canadian Modern Language Review

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This article offers a critical analysis of the language socialization of Spanish-speaking families in a Scout group in Metro Vancouver. Using tools of discourse analysis, the article examines the language use patterns of the participants, particularly focusing on the language ideologies to which they oriented themselves and the identities indexed by their linguistic actions. A key finding is that language ideologies and practices can unwittingly reproduce the very dominant ideologies they are designed to challenge. The concept of agency is addressed in terms of the families' appropriation of the values of the Scout Movement in order to assert their identities and in relation to their children's active roles in the process of socialization. Finally, the author problematizes the role of identity in heritage language (HL) development, calls attention to the need for language maintenance theory to acknowledge the complexities entailed for individuals, and draws attention to the existence of complex and potentially contradictory processes of socialization.

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“…Tibetan has been heralded as the medium of instruction from elementary to eighth grade, and students are taught the honorific form of the Tibetan language(Rigzin, 2003;Giles & Dorjee, 2005;MacPherson & Ghoso, 2008) …”

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Re-Imagining Nationalism: Exploring the Narratives of Tibetan Women in Canada

Tandon¹

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This thesis focuses on Tibetan women's narratives to understand how Tibetan nationalism is reconfigured and sustained in exile in Canada. Using the framework of Third World nationalism, this thesis examines the ways in which Tibetan nationalism embodies and departs from established theories. This thesis analyses the themes of authenticity, citizenship, and exilic nationalism to highlight the heterogenous understanding of nationalist movements. This thesis establishes how Tibetan women challenge official and academic narratives of nationalism to forge their own understanding of nationalism, by 'doing' their own forms of Tibetan-ness. Challenging CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND 18 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 29 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 45

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Multilingualism in Emerging Diasporas: A Tibetan Case Study

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Women’s experiences of immigration to Canada: A review of the literature.

Women’s experiences of immigration to Canada: A review of the literature.

Speaking Spanish Like a Boy Scout: Language Socialization, Resistance, and Reproduction in a Heritage Language Scout Troop

Re-Imagining Nationalism: Exploring the Narratives of Tibetan Women in Canada

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