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Using University Students' L1 as a Resource: Translanguaging in a Puerto Rican ESL Classroom
- Source :
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Bilingual Research Journal . 2016 39(3-4):248-262. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Framed within Ruiz's language-as-resource orientation, this article uses data from a college ESL classroom where a translanguaging approach was used for the teaching of a novel. After defining key terms, the article describes the linguistic context of higher education in Puerto Rico and its influence on one instructor's Basic English course. Using qualitative inquiry throughout a month-long unit, the researchers describe a bilingual instructor's translanguaging approach and how it enhanced the reading of Abraham Rodríguez Jr.'s "The Boy Without a Flag". The findings present how the translanguaging approach was implemented by using literature circles as a strategy to promote collaborative learning across the two languages. Ultimately, the authors argue that the use of a translanguaging approach complements Ruiz's language-as-a-resource orientation in that students' home language and varying linguistic repertories are respected and weaved into this ESL course as resources for constructing meaning and building on students' cultural knowledge.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1523-5882
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3-4
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Bilingual Research Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1120725
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2016.1240114