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Publication Date: 2018
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Engineering a "Contact Zone" through Translanguaging
Helm, Francesca; Dabre, Tejane
Language and Intercultural Communication, v18 n1 p144-156 2018
This paper presents a pilot project which uses a translanguaging approach in order to subvert the power dynamics whereby language learners, refugees and migrants are positioned as defective or ineffective communicators of a target language. The project seeks to create a space, an engineered "contact zone" in which the negative, mainstream media discourses of migration can be countered through dialogue and encounter. Through translanguaging we foster creative, communicative practices in which interactants can bring into play their linguistic and cultural repertoires in order to support mutual understanding.
Descriptors: Power Structure, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Communication Strategies, Intercultural Communication, Refugees, Workshops, Italian, Second Language Instruction, Stranger Reactions, Bilingualism, Program Descriptions, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Foreign Countries
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy
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