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Creating a Translanguaging Space for High School Emergent Bilinguals

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Li, Shuzhan, Luo, Wenjing·2017·The CATESOL Journal
DOI 10.5070/b5.35997
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Translanguaging is a rapidly developing concept in bilingual education. Working from the theoretical background of dynamic bilingualism, a translanguaging lens posits that bilingual learners draw on a holistic linguistic repertoire to make sense of the world and to communicate effectively with texts. What is relatively underdeveloped is the pedagogical aspects of translanguaging. This classroom-based study conducted in the southeastern US asks 2 questions: (a) How might teachers create a translanguaging space for students, and (b) what would this space look like? The authors, 1 classroom teacher and 1 researcher, engaged emergent bilingual students in small group reading of a culturally relevant text and observed students’ active participation through strategic and fluid translanguaging practices. The authors argue that the linguistic norms of schooling should reflect the discursive norms of emergent bilingual students, and that teachers create translanguaging spaces as a path to educational equity

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Authors
Li, S., & Luo, W.
Affiliations
University of Florida (US)
ORCID
Li, Shuzhan
Venue
The CATESOL Journal
Publisher
California Digital Library (CDL)
Published
2017-01-01
Volume
29
Issue
2
ISSN
1535-0517 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5070/b5.35997
OpenAlex
W2786931338
Cited by
32
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6
FWCI
5.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • The CATESOL journal. (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
Keywords
translanguaging, emergent bilinguals, high school students, translingual pedagogy, culturally relevant texts, small group reading, linguistic repertoire, discursive norms, educational equity, bilingual education

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