1st Edition

Translanguaging in EFL Contexts A Call for Change

By Michael Rabbidge Copyright 2019
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

The purpose of this book is to promote the value of translanguaging in EFL teaching contexts. To date, translanguaging has been discussed mostly in regards to US and European contexts. This book will examine the teaching beliefs and practices of teachers within a South Korean elementary school context to evaluate the practices of current teachers who use translanguaging strategies when teaching.... Read more
Introduction: From the beginning
Chapter 1 - Evolving understandings of language in the language classroom
Chapter 2: The framework
Chapter 3: Beliefs, identity and investment
Chapter 4:  Profiling the teachers
Chapter 5: Translanguaging strategies of inclusion
Chapter 6: Translanguaging practices of exclusion
Chapter 7: Linguistic repertoires: their origins and impact on pedagogic discourse 
Chapter 8: Translanguaging’s call for change
Index

Biography

Michael Rabbidge is an associate professor in the English education department of Hankuk University of foreign studies, South Korea. He graduated from Macquarie University, in Sydney, Australia, with a PhD in Applied linguistics. His research interests include bilingualism, translanguaging, language identities as well as reflexivity in qualitative research methodology.