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Translanguaging to Support Emergent Bilingual Students in English Dominant Preschools: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Method Study
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McClain, Janna Brown; Mancilla-Martinez, Jeannette; Flores, Israel; Buckley, Laura – Bilingual Research Journal, 2021
Emergent bilinguals (EB) from Spanish-speaking homes are an already large and rapidly growing population in the U.S., yet limited research examines their language environments, particularly in the English dominant contexts where most attend school. This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study first quantitatively examines adults' use of Spanish…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Preschool Education
Understanding Translanguaging Practices through a Biliteracy Continua Framework: Adult Biliterates Reading Academic Texts in Their Two Languages
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Kwon, Hyun Joo; Schallert, Diane L. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2016
Ten adult readers, advanced in their control of two languages, Korean and English, were recruited for a study of academic literacy practices to examine the various linguistic repertoires on which they drew. Analysis of their language use revealed many instances of "translanguaging," that is, a flexible reliance on two languages to serve…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Adults, Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language)