Translanguaging Practices of Multilingual Learners of German

Athens Institute for Education & Research. 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, Athens 10671, Greece. e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://www.athensjournals.gr/aje

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Multilingualism; Code Switching (Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Immigrants; Language Usage; Case Studies; Hispanic Americans; Audio Equipment; Action Research; Institutional Characteristics; Classroom Communication; Self Concept; Bilingualism; College Students; English; Spanish; Mexican Americans; Student Attitudes; English (Second Language); Mexicans; North Americans

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This qualitative case study draws on a theoretical framework of translanguaging (García & Wei, 2014) and border pedagogies (Cashman, 2015) and seeks to shed light on the question of what role translanguaging can play in students' language learning in a German as a foreign language class at a Hispanic-serving university that is situated in the United States-Mexico borderland. This case study focuses on 18 students who were part of a larger participatory action research study (Lichtman, 2013), which includes focus groups, individual interviews, as well as audio-recordings of classroom discussions that were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. The data highlights translanguaging as a language learning practice that also contributes to reflections on identity formation and language choice in an educational climate that is often hostile towards immigrant cultures and languages.

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2019

EJ1237419