ERIC Number: EJ1349331
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6882
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Researching Translanguaging as a Feasible Pedagogical Practice: Evidence from Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language Students' Perceptions
RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, v53 n2 p371-390 Aug 2022
Translanguaging as pedagogical practice and a theory of language has gained increasing importance in recent years. However, little research has reported Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language students' perceptions of translanguaging; neither has research examined the predictive effects of the factors contributing to the amount of student translanguaging in the Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language classrooms. This study intended to fill the gap by inviting 292 Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language students to respond to a questionnaire that explores students' perception of translanguaging. Two research questions were addressed: first, how do students' attitudes to translanguaging vary across second-language proficiency? Second, how is the amount of student translanguaging predicted by students' attitudes to translanguaging and the amount of teacher translanguaging? The results of a one-way analysis of variance revealed a statistically significant difference among the four groups in attitudes to teacher translanguaging and students' translanguaging. A post hoc test found that non-English major first-year university students had a significantly higher level of acceptance of teachers' and students' translanguaging than English major first-year university students. Multiple regression analysis showed that the amount of teacher translanguaging and student attitudes to translanguaging explained a significant quantity of the variance in the amount of student translanguaging. The implications of the study were also discussed.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language), Native Language, Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Language Usage, Chinese, Majors (Students), Nonmajors, College Freshmen, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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