Exploring the Multilingualism and Identity of an Indonesian Transnational Child

• In Event: Roundtable Session II
  In Roundtable Session: Oral and Written Development in Young Multilingual Learners

Abstract

This study focuses on my daughter’s literacy experiences and intersectional identity in the US, as represented in artifacts she produced during her first year of settlement. Utilizing the perspective of translanguaging, this explores how she exercises her multilingualism and navigates her identity formation. The preliminary results reveal that she adeptly juggles the use of three different languages, varying by context and time. In her collection of stories, she consistently identifies herself as a young Indonesian Muslim

Author

• Tri Sugiarto, Michigan State University