ERIC Number: EJ1222325
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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"Teacher, ¿Puedo Hablar en Español?" A Reflection on Plurilingualism and Translanguaging Practices in EFL
Ortega, Yecid
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v21 n2 p155-170 Jul-Dec 2019
This article uses a classroom experience to exemplify ways in which students as social beings learn English as a foreign language in Colombia and how the teacher uses "trans[cultura]linguación". This is a process of making meaning during English-learning tasks while comparing specific linguistic variations as students learn about both their own culture and other people's cultures. Borrowing from plurilingualism and translanguaging, I describe how a teacher attempts to use a social-justice approach to teaching English by valuing her students' linguistic and cultural repertoires. I conclude by outlining the implications this has for proposing a paradigm shift from monolithic frameworks of learning language(s) to more dynamic ones in which students' cultural and linguistic backgrounds are deployed as a platform for addressing issues that are relevant to their communities.
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Classroom Communication, Cultural Awareness, Social Justice, Cultural Differences, Culturally Relevant Education, Spanish, American Indian Languages, Teacher Education Programs, Equal Education
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Language: English
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