Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education

Abstract Following the multilingual trend in language education, translanguaging advocates active use of multiple languages and other meaning-making resources in a dynamic and integrated way in teaching and learning. When it comes to foreign language education, translanguaging advocates a view that...

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Veröffentlicht in:ELT journal Jg. 76; H. 2; S. 172 - 182
1. Verfasser: Wei, Li
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: UK Oxford University Press 30.04.2022
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ISSN:0951-0893, 1477-4526
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Following the multilingual trend in language education, translanguaging advocates active use of multiple languages and other meaning-making resources in a dynamic and integrated way in teaching and learning. When it comes to foreign language education, translanguaging advocates a view that the languages the learners already have should and can play a very positive role in learning additional languages. Moreover, the knowledge already acquired through the learners’ first and/or prior learned languages also plays an important role in foreign-language-medium education. This view is more than a pedagogic or theoretical perspective; it is a political stance, a decolonizing stance, that this article explores. It discusses the implications of the political naming of languages and critiques notions such as academic English.
ISSN:0951-0893
1477-4526
DOI:10.1093/elt/ccab083