Tranlanguaging corrientes as empowering literacy practices: Transforming writing pedagogies for multilingual learners

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together researchers and educators who draw from translanguaging perspectives across a variety of contexts. The papers in the session will highlight how translanguaging corrientes (Garcia et al, 2017) transform notions of writing pedagogy. The symposium will feature studies that explore a multimodal family storytelling project, a secondary American Government writing unit, and an autoethnographic (un)learning in an elementary after-school writing club, to offer insights on how translanguaging corrientes contribute to empowerment literacies.

Content Area

• AREA 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Chair

• Karla Lomeli, Santa Clara University

Discussant

• Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Brooklyn College

Individual Presentations

• “Ya lo mezclamos, no?”: Following the translanguaging corriente in a multimodal family storytelling workshop - Emily Machado, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Grace Cornell Gonzales, University of Washington

• Using Translanguaging in a Secondary Social Studies Classroom to Delve into Explanatory Genre Writing - Adam Sokolski, Loyola University Maryland

• “Didn’t you say we could do this?”: Lessons in Unlearning from a Teacher Educator Exploring Translanguaging Corrientes - Margarita Gómez, Loyola University Maryland