Spreading the Word on the Effectiveness of Translanguaging
Abstract
Verbal abuse through microinsults, microassaults, and even physical attacks in extreme cases can happen in American schools. This is sadly a common occurrence at school. Informal ‘no Spanish in the classroom’ policies too often promote prejudices against Mexican American students. LatCrit exposes the interpersonal and institutional discrimination and how Mexican American students in Aztlán experience it in the classroom. The frameworks of border crossings and LatCrit are used as a lens to expose the minimization of children’s connection to the Spanish language or culture. Through text analysis as a mode of inquiry, the use of translanguaging can inform educators and administrators of the legitimacy as an effective strategy for learning the English language faster. The common use of translanguaging as a cognitive and linguistic engagement in the construction of knowledge can positively affect students through the promotion of social justice by providing spaces for innovation and reform.
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Recommended Citation
Luna, Nora, "Spreading the Word on the Effectiveness of Translanguaging" (2021). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 7.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2021/2021/7
Spreading the Word on the Effectiveness of Translanguaging
Stream C
Verbal abuse through microinsults, microassaults, and even physical attacks in extreme cases can happen in American schools. This is sadly a common occurrence at school. Informal ‘no Spanish in the classroom’ policies too often promote prejudices against Mexican American students. LatCrit exposes the interpersonal and institutional discrimination and how Mexican American students in Aztlán experience it in the classroom. The frameworks of border crossings and LatCrit are used as a lens to expose the minimization of children’s connection to the Spanish language or culture. Through text analysis as a mode of inquiry, the use of translanguaging can inform educators and administrators of the legitimacy as an effective strategy for learning the English language faster. The common use of translanguaging as a cognitive and linguistic engagement in the construction of knowledge can positively affect students through the promotion of social justice by providing spaces for innovation and reform.
