#translanguaging

[shadowbannedthehedgehog]

help! i dont kno if i'm just misremembering the name but i cant find any other resources online and what i'm finding isn't exactly what i remember so like any lang instructors/students can help that's be great please. what's the lang instruction method where a subject in school for example history is taught in the target lang like once a week n the other history classes are in the native lang? is it translanguaging?

[jpf-sydney]

Second language and heritage learners in mixed classrooms

New item:

This book addresses the complexity of mixed language classroom learning environments in which heritage learners (HL) and second language (L2) learners are concurrently exposed to language learning in the same physical space. Heritage speakers, defined widely as those exposed to the target language at home from an early age, tend to display higher oral proficiency and increased intercultural proficiency but lesser metalinguistic and grammatical awareness than L2 learners. The theoretical and pedagogical challenges of engaging both types of learners simultaneously without polarizing the classroom community dictates the need for well-defined, differentiated learning strategies; in response this book offers best practices and reproducible pedagogical initiatives and methodologies for different levels of instruction.

Shelf: 807 SEC Second language and heritage learners in mixed classrooms. edited by Patricia Bayona and Elena Carcía-Martín.

Bristol, U.K. : Multilingual Matters, 2022. ISBNs: 9781800415003 (paperback) ; 9781800415010 (hardcover)

x, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. (New perspectives on language and education).

Text in English. Introduction.

Table of contents:

Addressing the cognitive, affective and sociolinguistic challenges in the mixed language classroom / Elena García-Martin.

Bi-directional scaffolding : heritage speakers and L2 learners complementing each other in the mixed classroom / Patricia Bayona.

Advanced and heritage learners of Italian in mixed language classrooms : methods and strategies to teach derivational morphology / Ruben Benatti.

Feedback in the mixed classroom : what are students' preferences and perceptions? / Paola Guerrero-Rodríquez and Avizia Long.

Bridging gaps in mixed-class settings / Marta Ramirez Martinez.

Dismantling raciolinguistic ideologies : más allá del aula de herencia / Evelyn Gámez and Mirna Reyna.

Countering negative attitudes toward heritage students' Spanish in mixed L2-H2 classes / Rosti Vana.

Intercultural education in early childhood education or how to enhance language learning and social cohesion in a mixed language classroom / Naraina de Melo Martins Kuyumjian.

Processing instruction in mixed language classrooms / Justin P. White and Paul B. Mandell.

Promoting multilingual metalinguistic awareness within young foreign language learners / Eftychis Damaskou.

Incorporating lessons on language contact for grqammar instruction in HL and L2 mixed classrooms / Emily Bernate.

Translanguaging for academic success : a strategy for accessing disciplinary discourse in a multilingual undergraduate classroom / Sibhekikosi Anna Nkomo and Eramos Charamba.

Implementing the multilingual approach to diversity in education (MADE) as a tool for instructional design in mixed-language classrooms / Anna Krulatz, Mary Ann Christison and Koeum Park.

Developing compound awareness by translanguaging : the design of learning activities for multilingual classrooms / Sandra Martini and Jacopo Torregrossa.

[tjeromebaker]

Translingual Practices: Playfulness and Precariousness (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

Source: Cambridge University Press Edited by Sender Dovchin, Curtin University, Perth, Rhonda Oliver, Curtin University, Perth, Li Wei, Institute of Education, University of London Bringing together work from a team of international scholars, this groundbreaking book explores how language users employ translingualism playfully, while, at the same time, negotiating precarious situations, such as…

[wcatradio]

Episode 288: Fr. Thomas Kagumisa on his book Translanguaging: Teaching English to Secondary School Students in Tanzania (November 9, 2023) This book is a synthesis of Tanzanian educators’ core beliefs and perspectives on the effectiveness of translanguaging strategies in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to secondary school students. While the existing literature informs and addresses the topic of translanguaging in a general way, the present study does so with a particular focus on the Tanzanian educational context. The data collected from select participants through an online survey confirmed that translanguaging strategies facilitate lesson comprehension, active engagement, satisfaction, and less stress during the lesson. Conversely, adherence to the English Only Policy (EOP) acts as a barrier toward lesson comprehension, causes tension and a stressful atmosphere, and creates fear and lack of confidence, especially among students with little background in literacy. As a solution, the author recommends adapting specific translanguaging techniques such as the use of insertional and alternating methods, creating opportunities for professional development of English educators, and prioritizing instructional strategies that sustain students’ cultural identities. Translanguaging: Teaching English to Secondary School Students in Tanzania | En Route Books and Media

[myfutureelaclassroom]

The personal sphere, school worlds, and languages of emergent bilinguals cannot and should not be kept separate.

Espinosa & Ascenzi-Moreno, 2021

Espinosa, C. M., & Ascenzi-Moreno, L. (2021). Rooted in Strength: Using Translanguaging to Grow Multilingual Readers and Writers. Scholastic Inc. 

[amorality-flagz]

TransLanguage: wanting to speak a language right now that you cant speak right now.

[anthropologistfromentropy]

Had a sudden urge and vision of calling my crush "mon cheri" and kissing his hand?? 😅 I don't even speak French and haven’t studied it in a year.

This is the kind of shit you have to deal with if you date me lol. Randomly channeling my inner early 1900s gay man.

[startedwellthatsentence]

My advisor for my Master’s Program in Second Language Acquisition is a Sociolinguist specializing in World Englishes.

I really want to do my degree paper on enregisterment, and she’s the only sociolinguist in the department so it would have to be with her.

She refuses to learn about enregisterment.

She suggested I start exploring translanguaging instead.

She likes Canagarajah’s work on translanguaging.

One of his more recent articles:

The self control I’ve been exerting to not just send her this article is fucking excruciating.

[honeydew-wecantwo]

[ TransNativeEnderSpeaker! ]

transnativeenderspeaker, a translanguage term where someone desires to have the ancient and/or contemporary dialect of minecraft's ender language as their native language.

top two stripes for the general colors of an enderman, bottom two for the midnight. green + white stripes for the eyes of ender + white end stone

[cosmossystem]

What’s a rad queer?

please excuse any spelling errors (we had wisdom teeth taken out and im a bit loopy, lol)

so this is a bit difficult for me to explain but if i had to put it simply, essentially radqueers are pro-mogai and radical inclusionists to the point of believing every aspect of identity can be a queer one. on paper, this sounds great! i love queer identities! but in practice, its a slippery slope, and results in... well, let me give some examples.

radqueers, by definition, also believe in a thing called "transx" or "transid", with the suffix "x" being replaced by... pretty much anything. the base idea, i believe, obviously takes from the trans experience-- whereas one might identify as cisgender or transgender, transid extends this to other aspects of the identity, such as being "cisautistic" (aka "born autistic") and "transautistic" (aka "transitioning into autism.")

this includes, but is not limited to (using their own terms) transage, transplural, transabused / transabuser, transharmful, transcharacter, transrace / trace, translanguage, and so on.

while some of these could make sense or encompass other experiences that arent necessarily harmful (such as transplural being, essentially, another word for created systems; or something like transage, where one 'identifies' as an age different from their body, which could theoretically account for a neurodivergent person's mental age discrepancy, such as being a minor alter in an adult body)... the vast majority of radqueer identities do not stop there, creating labels that arent helpful or actively encourage/foster harm -- such as "transabused" for instance, where one believes they should be, or wishes to be, abused in some way.

someone identifying as one of these labels, in our example "transabused", is often encouraged by the transx/radqueer community to "transition". this could look a number of ways, but in our example of "transabused" this could be something like looking for an abusive relationship on purpose or purposefully inducing trauma on onesself, or even lying to others that they were abused/exaggerating experiences in attempts to "transition" into being a victim.

it should be noted that certain transid labels have been "reclaimed" (i strongly dislike that word and its connotations, but its the best way i can describe it) and renamed by others, such as the transage label i mentioned previously also being known as "chronosian".

radqueers also encompass other things such as including paraphilias in the definition of "queer," which we believe to be not so much a queer identity as much as it is either a mental illness or a sexual deviance, in the most literal definition of "deviant" being "differing from the norm." this is a widely debated topic and its not our area of expertise, so i wont try to claim one thing or another--but regardless, while paraphilias can certainly influence a queer identity and they deserve spaces to express their experiences, it does not make one queer and they would be better suited for mental-illness-focused spaces.

that is where the "definition" aspect of this answer ends, so heres some personal anecdotes:

for us, we dont actually take issues with many "radqueer" identities (there is a time and place for things such as "transage" aka chronosian, or even "transplural" which is a stupid redundant word for created systems -- importantly, i do not believe these things are radqueer-exclusive) but its the reasons i mentioned above that we, and many others, do not agree with or support them. for instance lets look back at the "transabused" i mentioned before:

on the one hand, i wouldnt be against a kink relationship of this nature--if someone wants a cnc relationship, i wish them the best with that. on this blog, i believe we have spoken about being fully pro-bodily autonomy, even when it means the act of hurting onesself, such as self-harm or suicide. so that isnt necessarily what i find to be the core issue here.

i would, however, be against the labelling of it as "trans"-anything and claiming that a "trans" identity can go beyond the cultural definition of queerness. i would be against the idea that a "transabused" person should be allowed a voice when talking about issues affecting victims of violence, unless they had non-consensually experienced such violence. i would be against the idea that someone who is "transracial" (using the radqueer definition of "transitioning to a different race", because surprise, theyve stolen this term from adoptees of color) should be encouraged to transition to a different race they are not a part of, because race is a cultural identity and social construct with a loaded history, and not something that you can "transition" into having.

i support created systems, i support people using the split-attraction model, i support recovering paraphiles, i support mentally ill people and neurodivergent people and disabled people. i do not support the idea that something you can be born with or developed early in life, such as autism or ocd, can be purposefully transitioned into. i do not support co-opting mentally ill people's experiences for your own selfish gain, only to then turn around and call those same people "cis"-mentally ill.

i have a lot more to say about them than that, but ill try to keep this part brief. a while ago, our host was doing a write-up on the various pitfalls of transx identities, namely that most of them either arent queer identities inherently and are likely something else (i.e. transharmed, transracial) or if its a renaming of another experience that already exists (i.e. transplural, transage, translanguage). seemingly most radqueer identities are coopted from something else in a covert attempt to "tarnish" the validity of the original label, transracial and transage primarily being affected by that. but i wont go too deep into it.

anyway, were it not for all that, i would find this a really interesting conversation to have.

im highly intrigued by the people who have atypical dysphoria experiences, such as system members with different racial identities to their body's, or system members with differing mental illnesses, or how neurodivergent people feel as though their "true" age doesnt align with that of their body's, or therians and alterhumans discussing their experiences. i would even LOVE to use the term transplural if it werent for the connotations.

but like i said, its a slippery slope, and radqueers are more interested in harboring a harmful, "accepting" community than they are with actually deconstructing what it means to be queer or trans or plural or neurodiverse, etc. im sure scrolling through their tags for any number of seconds will show that, if youre curious, but i dont recommend it if you want to keep your sanity.

lastly, since i voiced my opinion here, i do want to also mention: i believe the way some antis talk about radqueers is reminiscent of the way they speak about other identities, such as endogenic and created systems or self-dx folks. the whole "you are hurting REAL queer people!!!" song-and-dance is so overplayed at this point. people like to point fingers with buzzwords instead of getting to the meat and potatoes, because that would be too complicated apparently.

you always hear "you cant be transautistic because youre a faker and hurting real autistic people!!" and almost never "you cant be transautistic because 'autism' is just a word for a group of symptoms that you do not truly display, and if you think you 'should be' autistic, you need to reexamine why that is," which is what i think would be more apt.

choosing to reiterate the same five sentences about being Wrong and Hurtful and Invalid over and over doesnt really explain anything and only continues infighting. also, it doesnt discourage radqueers from what theyre doing or from getting help and seeking a positive community, and instead it only helps to strengthen their cult-like ideas that anti-radqueers are bigots. (read more about that "cult" thing here. i dont fully agree with everything op says, but it was still enlightening to read from someone who survived an actual cult.)

i know its long, but i hope that helps somewhat. feel free to send more asks about this. like i said, i find it fascinating despite its problems.

💿 red

[german-enthusiast]

a little personal rant

none of my friends are into languages or linguistics the way I am (those that do study Anglistik with me are more into literature) and over and over again I am confronted with nobody wanting to talk or even just hear about my studies.

yesterday, me, my boyfriend and a really good friend spent all day reading together. half of the day i read a non-fiction book about "translanguaging with multilingual students" (meaning using all of the language(s) a multilingual student has in oder to create more engagement and understanding in a class) and when in the evening she told me about her book and we just talked in general, i mentioned to her that I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying reading it again (after having only read half a couple months ago) and why it's enjoyable, she just replied "I'm not interested in that kind of stuff."

In the past i've already cried so much to my boyfriend about feeling so lonely in my interests because it seems like nobody in my offline life is willing to engage with me about this topic and yesterday was just another gut punch, especially because it was so blunt.

so yeah, i just feel utterly lonely

[anti-radshits]

yk, i never understood stuff like translanguage or transprofession. like just say you wanna learn a new language or that's your dream job??? we do NOT need flags for that. something rqs will never understand is they're not special and they don't need intricate colorful flags for something as simple as that. once saw one being like "transid is normal everyday stuff!!" yeah which is why it's incredibly stupid to make pride flags for it as well and act like you're so different and special 😭

[transyunjin]

云婵娟来花婵娟，风流尽在山水间。

Yun Jin or Xīn Yí or Jiayi ⺀ shy/hyr or hy/hym

It is nice to meet you, dear traveler! Welcome to my blog. I am here to provide a safe space for my transid brothers and sisters of the community, as well as talk about my own identities and opinions.

I may post positivity, occasional discourse posts, responses to asks, and transition updates, and I may eventually take requests for NPTs. This blog will be staying away from subjects of contact discourse and blankqueer discourse.

My returning travelers: 😝

If you would like to learn more about me, please see under the cut. ᧔o᧓

Here is some additional information about me.

Cis/bodily ids: cisplural, cisautistic, cisselective mute, cisvisually impaired, cisdelusional, cisADHD, cisBPD, and cisharmed.

Transids: transchinese, translanguage (mandarin), transbroken english, transspeaking, transcane user, transopera singer, transage 21, transpeaceful.

I am also pansexual, panromantic, and an exclusively romantic yap, zoo, and dendrophile. Additionally, I am a feminine boy and pangender at the same time.

My bodily race and chronological age will not be discussed on this blog as I do not feel that these are necessary things to speak about.

I do not have a DNI as of now, but I will block those who I am uncomfortable with.

[rq-archive]

Hello. You may refer to me+ as The Archivist. I+ use it/its pronouns. I+ have a typing quirk which makes me+ add a plus sign (+) after I+/me+/my+/mine+/myself+.

As this is an archive blog, there is no DNI. That said, do not start discourse here. Terms archived here do not reflect the opinions of The Archivist. Be polite.

Tagging system will be under the cut because it's long.

The prefix "Trans" can be replaced by other prefixes such as "Vetus". Prefixes will be listed below the cut.

I+ am not currently archiving paraphilias or MUDs. This may change.

Other:

[Other:]

#not an id

#term search

Prefixes:

[Prefixes:]

Trans-

Vetus-

Forced-

ForcedTrans-

Null-

NullTrans-

Perma-

Cis-

CisTrans-

Transslash-

Tris-

Spite-

Hyperfix-

Sev-

Transsev-

Auti-

Fluid-

Plurm-

TransIDs:

[TransIDs:]

TransRace:

[TransRace:]

#trace - transracial.

#trace: xeno - trans xeno race.

#trace: ficto - trans fictional race.

#trace: null

#transculutre

#translanguage

#transaccent

#transvocab

#transnationality

#translocation

#transreality

TransAbled:

[TransAbled:]

#transabled - all tranabled terms

#transabled: physical

#transabled: illness

#transabled: mental

#transabled: addiction

#transabled: aids - mobility/communication aids

#transabled: pd - personality disorders

#transabled: xeno - trans xeno ability

#tranabled: ficto - trans fictional ability

TransAge:

[TransAge:]

#transage

#transage: fluid

#transage: kid

#transage: teen

#transage: adult

#transage: nt - e.g. kidn't, adult 't

#transage: xeno

#transage: chara

#transage: orient

#transage: gender

#transage: kodo

#transage: loli

#transage: shota

#transage: crona

#transage: neuro

TransBody:

[Transbody:]

#transbody

#transbody: blood

#transbody: eye

#transbody: hair

#transbody: appendage

#transbody: height

#transbody: melanin

#transbody: organ

#transbody: scent

#transbody: taste

#transbody: sex

#transbody: skeletal

#transbody: substance

#transbody: voice

#transbody: weight

#transbody: clothes

#transbody: mouth

#transbody: scar

#transbody: ficto

Transplural:

[Transplural:]

#transplural

#transplural: genic

#transplural: conscious

#transplural: headmate

#transplural: role

#transplural: headspace

#transplural: xeno

#transplural: ramcoa

#transplural: singlet

TransTime:

[Transtime:]

#transtime

#transtime: birthday

#transtime: chrono

#transtime: generation

#transtime: timeloop

#transtime: zodiac

TransMentality:

[TransMentality:]

#transmentality

#transmentality: opinion

#transmentality: sona - personality

#transmentality: intelligence

#transmentality: emotion

TransChara:

[TransChara:]

#transchara

#transchara: oc

#transchara: irl - real life people

TransHarmed:

[TransHarmed:]

#transharmed

#transharmed: trauma

#transharmed: death

#transharmed: hated

TransHarmful:

[TransHarmful:]

#transharmful

#transharmful: hate

TransSpecies:

[TransSpecies:]

#transspecies

#transspecies: irl

#transspecies: ficto

TransOrientation:

[TransOrientation:]

#transorientation

#transorientation: queer

#transorientation: para

#transorientation: kink

Mus-ID:

[Mus-ID:]

#musid

#musid: song

#musid: album

#musid: artist

#musid: genre

#musid: misc

Miscellaneous:

[Miscellaneous:]

#transexperience

#transfaith

#transprofession

#transword

#transsong

#transdiet

#transfamily

#transhobby

#transdating

#transeducation

#blankqueer

#transfriends

#transtransgender

Accessibility

[Accessibility]

#image id

#no image id

#plain text

#no plain text

[myfutureelaclassroom]

Following up on my previous post, a big way in which I’m radically imagining my future classroom is through the vast implementation of translanguaging. Although we talked about translanguaging several times throughout the semester with different resources, I wanted to share this video I found as a more simple, quick reference to the concept.

Because I did my “We’ll Take The Lead” project over Black Language and critical language pedagogy, I felt a deep resonance to the idea explored in the “’Make Sure You See This’” article about how translanguaging “frames multilingual Black girls as language architects,” (Presiado & Frieson 2021). This technically also goes back to anti-banking education and the concept of culturally sustaining pedagogy, both things that I subscribe to and hope to implement in my classroom/lesson design. 

Not only will I encourage my students to share their authentic voice in their writing (as I explained in my previous post) but I will also encourage students to provide recommendations for class readings. Although I’ll do my part to research and provide a vast and diverse text set for my class, I want my students to feel like the classroom is just as much theirs as it is mine — and asking them for suggestions is just one way I can make that happen! 

Here is a list of book recommendations that was included in my “We’ll Take The Lead” project earlier this semester, just to get the suggestions started! https://www.bu-ceed.org/uploads/1/3/3/0/133043669/ceed__aave_book_list_2021__2_.pdf

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Presiado, V. E., & Frieson, B. L. (2021). "Make Sure You See This": Counternarratives of Mulingual Black Girls' Language and Literacy Practices. Literary Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 70, 388-407. https://doi.org/10.1177/23813377211038264.

[amorality-flagz]

Translatin is a TransID and TransLanguage term for when you want to transition to being a latin speaker.