Translanguaging: developing its conceptualisation and contextualisation

• Published in: Educational research and evaluation Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 655 - 670
• Main Authors: Lewis, Gwyn, Jones, Bryn, Baker, Colin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.10.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Children; Classroom Environment; Classroom management; Code Switching (Language); code-switching; Cognitive Development; Deafness; England; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Language Acquisition; Language Proficiency; Learning Activities; Linguistic Input; Role; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Sociolinguistics; Special Needs Students; Terminology; translanguaging; Translation; United States; Wales; United Kingdom (Wales); United Kingdom (England); United States

Following from Lewis, Jones, and Baker (this issue), this article analyses the relationship between the new concept of "translanguaging" particularly in the classroom context and more historic terms such as code-switching and translation, indicating differences in (socio)linguistic and ide...