ERIC Number: EJ1472205
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-7941
EISSN: EISSN-1949-3533
Available Date: 2025-05-14
Translanguaging in Action: Authentic Teaching Practices in the High School English as an Additional Language Classroom
TESOL Journal, v16 n2 e70045 2025
Translanguaging has recently gained much currency in second language (L2) education. While the conceptualization of this theory stems from the goal of enhancing L2 education for learners, one challenge scholars have underlined is the need for more responsive, practical classroom activities consistent with translanguaging principles and stance. Taking this challenge as a departure point, first, we identify the salient characteristics of translingual practices by reviewing relevant literature. Then, drawing on an action research project and using vignettes from the actual teaching practices of Author 1 of this paper, we report our experiences/findings of how translanguaging practices in a high school L2 classroom can be enacted. Thus, this paper aims to help educators envision practices derived from translingual principles and contribute to a repertoire of concrete ideas for classroom practices that L2 teachers can adapt in their teaching. Given that the focus on the experiences of a translanguaging approach discussed in the paper is those of only one secondary teacher in Western Canada, we recognize that practitioners may need to adjust for their own contexts. We hope the findings reported in this paper will provide insights into how to intentionally enact translanguaging practices in L2 education in a way that honors pedagogical translanguaging.
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, High School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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Author Affiliations: 1Rocky View Schools and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 2University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada