TRANSLANGUAGING: AFFORDANCES FOR COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING

dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume24
dc.contributor.authorWalker U
dc.date.available2018-07-01
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.description.abstractGlobalisation, digital technologies and mobile learning have created unprecedented opportunities for language learning across space and time, while various ‘turns’ in applied linguistics are impacting on traditional conceptualisations of language and language learning. The emergence of bi/multilingual perspectives in particular has led to a re-evaluation of dynamic and hybrid language practices in educational settings, resulting in new explanatory concepts such as translanguaging and calling into question monolingual underpinnings of language scholarship and practice. In the light of shifting thinking about language learners as emergent bi/multilinguals, what are the affordances of translingual language practices? Drawing on affordance theory and Galley et al.’s (2014) community indicator framework, this article presents a small case study of bilingual learners (English/German) in an international online exchange. An examination of translanguaging patterns in the learners’ online interactions demonstrates the affordance potential of expanded semiotic repertoires for the co-construction of meaning and building collaborative learner communities.
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dc.edition.edition2018
dc.format.extent18 - 40
dc.identifierhttps://www.alanz.org.nz/journal/
dc.identifier.citationNew Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics, 2018, 2018, 24 (1), pp. 18 - 40
dc.identifier.elements-id438521
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2463-6444
dc.publisherApplied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (ALANZ)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.alanz.org.nz/journal/
dc.relation.isPartOfNew Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics
dc.relation.urihttps://www.alanz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NZSAL_2018_241.pdf
dc.subject.anzsrc2004 Linguistics
dc.titleTRANSLANGUAGING: AFFORDANCES FOR COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Humanities, Media & Creative Communication
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