Using Translanguaging to Assess the Content Knowledge of Emergent Bilingual Students: A Validation Study

• In Event: 60.060 - Translanguaging Pedagogies and Practices

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the validity and fairness of using translanguaging to assess the content knowledge of emergent bilinguals. In this presentation we share our study findings and discuss how translanguaging may help minimize confounding language demands and help emergent bilingual to demonstrate their content knowledge. The findings from this study support the idea that translanguaging has the potential to improve the way we assess the content knowledge of emergent bilingual students by allowing them to capitalize on their home languages as a resource.

Authors

• Alexis Lopez, Educational Testing Service

• Danielle Guzman-Orth, Educational Testing Service

• Sultan Turkan, ETS