"You Must Respect Yourself and Other Children": Social and Emotional Learning Through Translanguaging

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Abstract

This study focused on the early years program at International School Hong Kong (ISHK), a school with an explicit mission to support multilingual and multicultural learning. Children learn to master Cantonese, English, and Mandarin while striving to become self-aware and socially-mindful individuals. At ISHK, teachers value children’s social-emotional learning by setting up a safe space and providing scaffolded experiences. Additionally, the multilingual practice supports social-emotional learning as children translanguage to establish a social presence and construct social understanding. Through the unique setting of this program, children develop an in-depth awareness of self and others through various linguistic repertoires.

Authors

• Sylvia Ya-Hsuan Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Stephanie C. Sanders-Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Kutasha Iliana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign