Language Learning Sans Frontiers: A Translanguaging View

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Language Learning Sans Frontiers: A Translanguaging View

Wei, L; Ho, WY; (2018) Language Learning Sans Frontiers: A Translanguaging View. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics , 38 pp. 33-59. 10.1017/S0267190518000053. Green open access

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Abstract

In this article, we present an analytical approach that focuses on how transnational and translingual learners mobilize their multilingual, multimodal, and multisemiotic repertoires, as well as their learning and work experiences, as resources in language learning. The approach is that of translanguaging, which seeks to push the boundaries not only between different named languages but also between different modalities and across language scripts and writing systems. We base our arguments on a study of self-directed learning of Chinese via online platforms in the context of mobility and aim to demonstrate the transformative capacity of translanguaging. In doing so, we highlight the need for a transdisciplinary approach to language learning that transcends the boundaries between linguistics, psychology, and education, and in particular, the need to go beyond the artificial divides of the different modalities of language learning to strengthen the connections between research on bilingualism and multilingualism and research on language teaching and learning.

Type:	Article
Title:	Language Learning Sans Frontiers: A Translanguaging View
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1017/S0267190518000053
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0267190518000053
Language:	English
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UCL classification:	UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057597