Teaching English through pedagogical translanguaging

• Published in: World Englishes Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 300 - 311
• Main Authors: Cenoz, Jasone, Gorter, Durk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Educational Methods; Educational Strategies; English as a second language instruction; Multilingualism; Pedagogy; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Translanguaging

Teaching English has traditionally been associated with a monolingual bias and the exclusive use of English in the classroom is highly recommended in different countries. Nowadays English is widely used to teach academic content and this strict separation of languages can be problematic because it p...