Education, Multilingualism, and Translanguaging in the 21st century - 1 views
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Lara Cowell on 10 Jan 15Translanguaging: the act performed by bilinguals of accessing different linguistic features or modes of languages to maximize communicative potential. Dr. Ofelia Garcia, a scholar of multilingualism, argues that past models of bilingual education are insufficient for highly linguistically-diverse populations. Multilingual education should not only enable the acquisition of multiple languages, but also recognize the actual linguistic practices and language blending employed by teachers and students.