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Anderson, Jason (2017) Reimagining English language learners from a translingual perspective. ELT Journal, 72 (1). pp. 26-37. doi:10.1093/elt/ccx029 ISSN 0951-0893.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccx029
Abstract
This article explores the potential implications of theorising in translingualism and translanguaging for foreign language teaching and learning. I discuss key terminology and introduce a translingual continuum as a potential way to understand language use practices both within and across communities. I report on an exploratory study into the self-identified future language use profiles of 116 adult EFL learners studying in the UK, the majority of whom perceive a need for translingual practices in their varied futures. I discuss the implications, both of these findings and other research for language teaching pedagogy, considering how translingual competence may differ from communicative competence, and providing practical suggestions for teachers working in different contexts. I also discuss how reimagining the language classroom as a translingual community is potentially able to redefine notions of authenticity and the role of the teacher as a translingual practitioner, thereby avoiding the divisive native-speaker/non-native-speaker dichotomy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Second language acquisition , Language and languages -- Study and teaching, Translanguaging (Linguistics) , Language and culture | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | ELT Journal | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0951-0893 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 8 June 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 72 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 26-37 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/elt/ccx029 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in ELT Journal following peer review. The version of record Jason Anderson, Reimagining English language learners from a translingual perspective, ELT Journal, Volume 72, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages 26–37, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccx029 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 September 2022 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 September 2022 |
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