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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/138254| Title: | Exploring translanguaging strategies in young migrant learner interactions |
| Other Titles: | Global perspectives on issues and trends in educational translanguaging |
| Authors: | Block, Josianne |
| Keywords: | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers Multilingual education -- Case studies Translanguaging (Linguistics) -- Case studies Immigrants -- Education Second language acquisition -- Case studies Classroom environment -- Cross-cultural studies Interaction analysis in education -- Case studies Language and education -- Case studies |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | IGI Global |
| Citation: | Block, J. (2025). Exploring translanguaging strategies in young migrant learner interactions. In J. Bautista & J. Kim (Eds.), Global perspectives on issues and trends in educational translanguaging (pp. 249–286). Pennsylvania: IGI Global. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-0107-5.ch007 |
| Abstract: | This chapter explores translanguaging strategies among young migrant learners participating in an induction programme in Malta. Drawing on García and Wei's (2014) concept of translanguaging, it examines the extent to which translanguaging empowers learners to become proficient users of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The chapter describes a teacher-research study which comprised 14 interactive classroom activities analysed using Farrell’s (2015) reflective practice framework. The findings revealed how translanguaging strategies supported meaning negotiation, but also how they created power imbalances among learners of different first languages. Based on these insights, the chapter calls for a cautious approach to translanguaging and its pedagogical applications to ensure that these complement, rather than hinder, migrant learners’ social and communicative integration. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/138254 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - CenELP |
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