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Kevin W. H. Tai; Chiu-Yin Wong – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Despite the extensive research on translanguaging in bi/multilingual classrooms, research on the context of first language (L1) classrooms remains scarce. This study fills the research gap by examining how a translanguaging space was created in an L1 classroom to prepare students to inhabit a world with different linguistic and cultural practices.…
Descriptors: English, Native Language, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis
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Harissi, Maria; Otsuji, Emi; Pennycook, Alastair – Applied Linguistics, 2012
Looking at two sets of conversations, among Greek adolescents, and between Japanese and Australian workers, this article shows how a poststructuralist understanding of the ways in which participants use and mix elements of their language repertoires implies a view of language as performative. Although the poststructuralist element of our approach…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Self Concept
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Scollon, Ron; Bhatia, Vijay; Li, David; Yung, Vicki – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Five ethnographic studies located genres of public discourse most central to university students, thus enhancing understanding of those genres as a significant influence on students' use of language. The problem of divergence between school-based genres and genres of public discourse were addressed. Results highlighted are audience roles, sites of…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), College Students, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes