Rethinking Language Ideologies through Translanguaging, Reader Response, and Visual Textuality in U.S. Children’s and Adolescent Literature

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This panel explores the role of translanguaging in U.S. children’s and adolescent literature, focusing on how non-English words and language practices challenge dominant language ideologies. Through three studies, we examine the intersection of translanguaging, reader response, and visual textuality in diverse literary contexts, including picture books, bilingual classrooms, and young adult novels. By analyzing works from U.S. Latinx and Korean American communities, we highlight how translanguaging fosters inclusive literacy practices and bridges cultural divides in education.

Content Area

• AREA 9. Text Analysis, Adult, Children’s, and Young Adult Literature

Chair

• Eunjee Jang, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Discussant

• Jungmin Kwon, Michigan State University

Individual Presentations

• Linguistic Creativity in the Korean American YA Literature - Prisca Kim, University of New Mexico

• Bilingual Kindergarteners’ Responses to Stories of Deportation and Border Crossing - Diana Botello-Carrillo, University of New Mexico

• Exploring Translanguaging Visual Narratives and Languages of Emotion in Picture Books - Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico