{"id":76710,"date":"2025-04-30T00:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=76710"},"modified":"2025-04-30T00:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:02:39","slug":"what-is-pedagogical-translingualism-and-how-does-it-promote-language-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/what-is-pedagogical-translingualism-and-how-does-it-promote-language-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"What is pedagogical translingualism and how does it promote language learning?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you use words or phrases from other languages \u200b\u200bin informal get-togethers with friends or when sending text messages? In what language do you discuss a movie you’ve seen in the original English version with someone else? Has a second or foreign language teacher told you that you can’t use your first language in class?<\/span><\/p>\n

Traditionally, it has been argued that language classes should exclusively use the “target” language (i.e., the language being studied) to avoid the negative influence of other languages. However, this perspective is now being challenged. First, because multilingual speakers do not isolate languages \u200b\u200bfrom each other in real-life communication. And second, because\u00a0<\/span>activating prior knowledge<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can have many learning advantages .<\/span><\/p>\n

What is ‘translingualism’?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The concept of\u00a0<\/span>translanguaging<\/span><\/em>\u00a0, translated into Spanish as translinguism, translanguage or translenguar, was coined in the context of\u00a0<\/span>bilingual education (Welsh and English) in Wales<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in the 1990s. It originally referred to the pedagogical practice of alternating the language in which information is received (input) and the language in which information is produced (output).<\/span><\/p>\n

This way, students can listen to an explanation, read a text, or watch a video in one language and answer questions, discuss a topic, or present a summary in the other language. The teaching practice of translanguaging requires deep understanding in order to process and convey meaning in two languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

The extension of the concept of translingualism<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Today, it is a widely used concept in bilingual and multilingual education around the world. The original concept of translanguaging has undergone some changes and has different meanings. It is often distinguished between its spontaneous form and its pedagogical use.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spontaneous translanguaging occurs when elements of two or more languages \u200b\u200bare used in communication, and it can occur both inside and outside of school. For example, common informal language expressions in language contact situations (English-Spanish or Basque-Spanish):<\/span><\/p>\n