Presentation Strand

Bilingual Education

Presentation Delivery Language

English

Description

What is translanguaging? How is translanguaging defined? How do bilingual teachers’ experience with translanguaging change their thoughts about the use of it in our classrooms? The purpose of this qualitative research study will be to interview bilingual teachers in one urban Public School District who embraced translanguaging in their classrooms. This study will give us perspective on how translanguaging is seen and used and the benefits and challenges when embracing translanguaging in a public-school bilingual classroom. These teachers will be asked a series of questions to answer the three research questions