Translanguaging for Emergent Bilinguals

Danling Fu is a literacy professor at the University of Florida's College of Education. Xenia Hadjioannou is a professor of language and literacy instruction at Penn State Harrisburg. Xiaodi Zhou is a professor of language and literacy instruction at Georgia Southwestern State University's College of Education.

"Translanguaging for Emergent Bilinguals" is a comprehensive look at the history, evolution, and current challenges of teaching emergent bilinguals in American classrooms. Readers follow the experiences of emerging bilinguals in a range of monolingual contexts via interesting vignettes, highlighting the problems faced by both the children and the schools that serve them. The authors suggest that an inclusive translanguaging pedagogy is the future of emergent bilingual education. This strategy fosters the development of various literacies by embracing home languages and cultures, allowing individuals to succeed academically, socially, linguistically, and cognitively. The essay begins by demonstrating how the writers progressed from monolingual to translanguaging language educators, and concludes with tangible takeaways for successfully implementing this method in various educational settings.

"Translanguaging for Emergent Bilinguals", one of the best books on teaching, makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the nature of translanguaging and its potential to alter emergent bilingual students' education. The authors articulate a variety of instructional strategies through which teachers can enable students to use translanguaging to expand their engagement with learning, affirm their identities, and ultimately increase their overall academic achievement, drawing on both research literature and a growing body of classroom experience.

Authors: Danling Fu, Xenia Hadjioannou, Xiaodi Zhou
Publisher: Teachers College Press (February 22, 2019)
Language: English
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