AERA Annual Meeting: Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Literacies Through Translingual Practices and Pedagogies

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Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Literacies Through Translingual Practices and Pedagogies

Thu, April 9, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (4:15 to 5:45pm PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 501B

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This symposium explores how translanguaging can be taken up, encouraged, and cultivated in literacy spaces by teachers and education researchers to reflect and empower bi/multilingual youth. We draw on translanguaging as a theoretical and pedagogical stance that normalizes flexible use of multiple language resources. After giving an overview of translanguaging practices in literacy contexts, scholars will share findings from five different qualitative studies on translingual pedagogies. Attendees will then be given time to discuss key issues and questions in small groups with the presenters. Through presentation of empirical data and subsequent discussions, attendees will explore possibilities for applying translanguaging as both a pedagogical approach and theoretical lens for understanding literacy interactions.

Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Literacies Through Translingual Practices and Pedagogies

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