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Komori-Glatz, Miya; Smit, Ute – Applied Linguistics, 2022
The rise of English-medium education has led to considerable academic interest in communicative practices in multilingual university settings. However, there is still little research into disciplinary knowledge construction in higher education contexts where English is the academic lingua franca. To address this gap, we embrace the central role of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Universities, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
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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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Windle, Joel; Amorim Possas, Luciana – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Translanguaging has gained prominence as a pedagogical orientation that promises to promote the rights of minoritized migrant students by valuing pre-existing multilingualisms and identities. However, the effects of classroom translanguaging on teacher and student outlooks and relations of inequality are far from universal. In this paper we…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Zhu, Hua; Li, Wei; Jankowicz-Pytel, Daria – Applied Linguistics, 2020
This article explores language learning as a process of translanguaging and of cultural translation. We draw examples from a sociolinguistic ethnography of translanguaging practices in a karate club in east London, UK. Formulaic Japanese is taught as part of karate techniques, practised as the language of performance and rituals and valued as the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Clubs, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
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López-Gopar, Mario E.; Schissel, Jamie L.; Leung, Constant; Morales, Julio – Applied Linguistics, 2021
This article involves the work of four language educators/researchers collaborating on an ongoing longitudinal multilingual participatory action research (PAR) project in a Bachelor of Arts (BA) language teaching program in Oaxaca, Mexico. Overall, this PAR project aims at the co-construction of social justice in ELT in Mexico. In particular, it…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Blackledge, Adrian; Creese, Angela; Barac, Taskin; Bhatt, Arvind; Hamid, Shahela; Wei, Li; Lytra, Vally; Martin, Peter; Wu, Chao-Jung; Yagcioglu, Dilek – Applied Linguistics, 2008
In this paper we question key terms which appear frequently in discussions of language teaching and learning: "language" and "heritage". The paper draws on empirical data from one of four linked case studies in a larger project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), "Investigating Multilingualism in…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Multilingualism, Heritage Education, English (Second Language)