Poster #55 - A Child's Trilingual Language Practices in Korean, Farsi, and English: From a Sustainable Translanguaging Perspective

• In Event: 25.087 - MTCC Poster Session Four
  In Poster Session: 25.087-7 - Bilingual Education Research SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Helping a growing number of children to reach their full potential as trilinguals has been challenging as prevalent monolingual policies and biases in the U.S. do not make fertile ground for home language maintenance and development. The current study aims to contribute to emerging conversations about language practices of a trilingual child in the home context. This ethnographic case study follows a child from birth through age 5 acquiring non-Roman lettered languages, Korean and Farsi, by utilizing a sustainable translanguaging framework. The findings show that the trilingual child engages in complex and varied language practices, especially translation and borrowing, for various purposes and in nuanced ways. The study discusses unique contributions to translanguaging research

Author

• Jayoung Choi, Kennesaw State University