141
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Why bother translanguaging? Translanguaging pedagogies for equity in elementary and middle school classrooms

&
Published online: 29 Jan 2024
 

ABSTRACT

Translanguaging pedagogies support multilingual students by activating prior knowledge, integrating home languages and cultures, and utilizing multimodal learning. However, as equity-oriented pedagogies, they redress long-standing practices of denying students access to their home languages or demanding a strict separation of their interwoven repertoires. This article examines three multilingual resources designed for elementary and middle school classrooms that teachers can use to support a translanguaging stance: 1) bilingual alphabet charts, 2) Unite for Literacy website, and 3) the Make Beliefs Comix website. The examples presented in the article represent new ways to use existing materials to promote more equitable learning opportunities for multilingual learners.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 53.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 57.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.