You're kindly invited to our next virtual Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series event with the book launch of:
English-Medium Instruction and Translanguaging
The use of multiple languages may be seen as paradoxical in classrooms where instruction is nominally English-only, such as the case of English-medium instruction (EMI). However, the phenomenon of translanguaging – as a theoretical perspective and a pedagogical practice – in EMI is, in fact, not a new one.
In this presentation, the three editors, BethAnne Paulsrud, Zhongfeng Tian and Jeanette Toth, will first introduce the volume, with its critical exploration of definitions, methodologies, and ideologies of EMI. The volume brings together a number of conceptual and empirical studies on different educational levels, in a variety of countries, with different approaches to translanguaging, different named languages, and different policies.
Several contributors will then briefly present their empirical studies from across the globe, illustrating the complexities of translanguaging through their exploration of the affordances and constraints associated with the use of multiple linguistic resources in the EMI classroom. We end the presentation with an open discussion about how these studies contribute to new understandings of translanguaging as theory and pedagogy across diverse contexts, as well as about the future directions for this research field.
There will be a raffle for an EPUB version of the book.
When: April 29, 2021
Time: 12:00-1:30pm (EDT, Montréal)
Language of presentation: English with some data examples in languages other than English
Mode of delivery: Synchronous via Zoom
All attendees must register by April 28, 2021. Register
Editors:
BethAnne Paulsrud is Senior Lecturer of English at Dalarna University, Sweden. Her research focuses on multilingualism in educational policy and practice, English and English-medium instruction in Sweden, and family language policy.
Zhongfeng Tian is an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Theoretically grounded in translanguaging, his research centers on working with classroom teachers to provide bi/multilingual students with an equitable and inclusive learning environment, and preparing culturally and linguistically competent teachers with social justice praxis.
Jeanette Toth is currently a Senior Lecturer of English at Dalarna University, Sweden, where she is involved in teacher education. Her research focuses on English-medium instruction, multilingualism, and translanguaging in Swedish schools, addressing language policies, stakeholder perspectives, and classroom practices at various levels in education.
The following book chapter contributors will join our book launch:
Margie Probyn, Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research, South Africa
Eowyn Crisfield, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Isla Gordon, Campus des Nations of the International School of Geneva
Alexandra Holland, Aga Khan Academies, London
Sovicheth Boun, Salem State University, USA
Wayne E. Wright, Purdue University, USA
Bridget Goodman, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Kazakhstan
Sulushash I. Kerimkulova, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Kazakhstan
D. Philip Montgomery, Michigan State University, USA
Colin Reilly, University of Essex, UK
Naoki Fujimoto-Adamson, Niigata University of International and Information Studies, Japan
John Adamson, University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Naashia Mohamed, University of Auckland, New Zealand
