Advocacy in Translanguaging Education

Edina Krompák is Professor of Educational Sciences and Head of the Institute of Language Learning and Teaching and Educational Linguistics at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne as well as lecturer at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her research encompasses the relationships between linguistic landscape and educational spaces, translanguaging in education, language and identity, and multimodality in language learning and teaching.Stephan Meyer is Head of English and coordinator of Arabic, Chinese and Japanese at the Language Centre at the University of Basel, Switzerland, where he teaches English as an academic lingua franca and promotes multilingualism in higher education. His interests include academic discourse, transsemiotisation and social theory.Elena Makarova is Professor of Educational Sciences and Director of the Institute for Educational Sciences at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Her research focuses on development, learning and teaching in the face of heterogeneity in the school context, inclusion and exclusion processes due to origin, and gender in educational settings and developmental trajectories.

This volume is a powerful advocacy for translanguaging in education. Krompák, Meyer, and Makarova, along with the contributors, center the voices of multilinguals – whether migrants, Indigenous communities, or dominant majority speakers – highlighting their agency in learning and identity-building. This book is an essential read for educators and researchers committed to linguistic justice and equity.

• ContributorsChapter 1. Stephan Meyer, Edina Krompák and Elena Makarova: Towards a Practical Theory of the Translanguaging of Education: The Significance of Evidence-Based Deliberative AdvocacyPart 1: Translanguaging Strategies and Practices in EducationChapter 2. Sonya Maechler-Dent and Catherine Blons-Pierre: Implementing Translanguaging in an Assessment-Based Education System: The Emerging Challenges for a Multilingual Primary School in the Canton of Zurich, SwitzerlandChapter 3. Gabriela Steffen and Audrey Freytag-Lauer: Translanguaging for Subject Knowledge Construction: Meso-Alternation in Swiss Plurilingual EducationChapter 4. Rachel Bowden, Jean Claude Dushimimana, Innocente Uwineza and Alphonse Uworwabayeho: The Potential of Translanguaging for Pedagogical Research and Development in RwandaChapter 5. Aysel Kart: Self-Regulated Translanguaging Strategies of Multilingual Students in Upper Secondary School in AustriaChapter 6. Elizabeth J. Erling, Felicitas Siwik, Katharina Haslacher and Anouschka Foltz: Have Preservice English Teachers Embraced Translanguaging? Insights from Austria and GermanyChapter 7. Holli Schauber and Slavka Pogranova: An Exploratory Case Study of Translanguaging Practices in a Primary and Secondary School Teacher Training Context in SwitzerlandChapter 8. Verbra Pfeiffer: Translanguaging as a Pedagogical Resource in Multilingual Classrooms in South Africa: Influence of Home Language on the Academic Writing of L2/L3 Preservice University Student TeachersChapter 9. Claudine Kirsch and Džoen Bebić-Crestany: Researching Translanguaging in Literacy Activities in ECE Centers in Luxembourg: Insights into Qualitative Methods and Ethical ConsiderationsPart 2: Translanguaging in Transregional and Transdisciplinary Educational SpacesChapter 10. Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese: Translanguaging and PoetryChapter 11. Karin van der Worp and Itxaso Etxebarria Lekanda: Translanguaging in Cross-Border University Collaborations: Enhancing Linguistic DiversityChapter 12. Philipp Saner: Translanguaging in Music: Exploring Transmusicking among Experimental MusiciansChapter 13. Chiara Facciani: Translanguaging and Education: Questioning Migrant Speakers’ Perceptions Regarding Translanguaging PracticesChapter 14. Irène Zingg: Beyond Marginalized Multilingualism(s): What Perspectives Does the Concept of Translanguaging Offer for the Teaching and Learning of Heritage Languages?Chapter 15. Ofelia García: Afterword: Translanguaging Voices that Stand for ThemselvesIndex