The authors trace the development of the concept of translanguaging, focusing on its
relation to literacies. The authors describe its connection to literacy studies, with particular …

This book introduces research-based pedagogical practices for supporting and enhancing
language development and use in school-based immersion and dual language programs in …

Learning through the medium of a second or additional language is becoming very common
in different parts of the world because of the increasing use of English as the language of …

ABSTRACT Following Boaventura de Sousa Santos, the authors of this article reject the type
of “abyssal thinking” that erases the existence of counter-hegemonic knowledges and …

Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has proposed a number of highly influential theoretical
concepts, including the threshold and interdependence hypotheses and the distinction …

The concepts of plurilingualism and translanguaging are explained and distinguished,
showing how each has contributed to transformations in the study of bilingualism and …

Abstract The Douglas Fir Group (2016) sought to articulate a transdisciplinary agenda for
SLA but said little about multilingualism specifically. Moreover, many multilinguals are under …

Two conceptions of the linguistic system of bilinguals are in contention. The translanguaging
approach supports what we call a unitary view, arguing that bilingualism and …

Translanguaging is a theoretical lens that offers a different view of bilingualism and
multilingualism. The theory posits that rather than possessing two or more autonomous …

This study examined Finnish teachers'(N= 820) beliefs related to multilingualism and
teaching multilingual Finnish language learners. Teachers' beliefs were mainly positive …