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Tag Archives: translanguaging
The Ingenuity of Code-Mixing and Code-Switching
Olasumbo Akintode
This blog is part of the TESOL Research Professional Council (RPC) Blog series. My journey as a teacher of English in Nigeria began with teaching Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), … Continue reading
6 Strategies to Balance the Use of L1 and English in the ESL Classroom
Judie Haynes
During a recent Twitter chat, a teacher of multilingual learners (MLLs) wrote that she was struggling with a class of fifth and sixth graders who persisted in speaking their home language (Spanish) in class. The teacher explained that her goal … Continue reading
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Tagged as home language, primary education, primary ESL, translanguaging
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3 Ways to Harness the Power of Translanguaging
Naashia Mohamed
When 14-year-old Zena moved from Turkey to New Zealand, she was apprehensive about going to school. Zena had learned some English in school in Turkey but was not confident that she would be able to follow the teachers or converse … Continue reading
Online Teacher Education Resources in ELT: Cultivating Positive Dispositions With Multimodal Resources
Christine Montecillo Leider and Johanna Tigert
In this third part of our blog series on virtual teacher education, we discuss how to help teacher candidates develop asset-oriented dispositions for teaching multilingual students. All teacher candidates have preconceived beliefs, and there are a number of assumptions about … Continue reading
Should ELs Be Allowed to Speak Their L1 in School?
Judie Haynes
In 2016, 20% of people living in the United States considered themselves bilingual, compared to 10% in 1980 according to the annual American Community Survey. Grosjean states in a 2018 article in Psychology Today that one of the reasons there is … Continue reading
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Tagged as bilingualism, elementary education, Judie Haynes, native language, primary ESL, translanguaging
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Five ELT Trends to Watch in 2017
Kristen Lindahl
The new year is well underway, and many opportunities to innovate and improve our pedagogical practices abound! Below are five of the top trends that I predict will frame much of the discussion in the coming year around how to … Continue reading