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Translanguaging in Multilingual English Classrooms

An Asian Perspective and Contexts

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Authors:
  1. Viniti Vaish

    1. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Offers strategies for teaching specific grammatical and comprehension skills to students struggling to read in English
  • Highlights specific challenges and difficulties teachers face in implementing a translanguaging approach
  • Applies the theory of translanguaging to an Asian context
  • Enriches the literature by comparing Chinese-English bilingual learners with Malay-English bilingual learners
  • Applies new variables to the coding of bilingual transcripts
  • Highlights directions in the emerging field of translanguaging where there is scope for growth

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Translanguaging and Translanguaging Pedagogies

    • Angel M. Y. Lin
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Linguistic Ecology of Singapore

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 11-29

  4. Methodology 1: Translanguaging and the Classroom

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 31-43

  5. Methodology 2: Coding Bilingual Transcripts

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 45-56

  6. Comparing Monolingual and Bilingual Classrooms

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 57-74

  7. Interactional Patterns in the Malay Group

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 75-90

  8. Interactional Patterns in the Chinese Group

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 91-105

  9. The Storytellers: Oral Retelling of Bilingual Children Struggling to Read in English

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 107-123

  10. Conclusions and Implications

    • Viniti Vaish
    Pages 125-130
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About this book

This book is the first to apply the theory of translanguaging to multilingual classrooms in an Asian context, offering strategies for teaching specific grammatical and comprehension skills to students struggling to read in English. It also enriches the methodology of coding bilingual transcripts with ideas resulting from a detailed analysis of a large and rich data set. Lastly, the author discusses growth areas in the emerging field of translanguaging and challenges for teachers implementing a translanguaging approach in a superdiverse classroom. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Viniti Vaish

About the author

Viniti Vaish holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She is currently an Associate Professor at Singapore’s National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, where she teaches courses in Applied Linguistics. Her research interests include the documentation, measurement and enhancement of bilingualism and biliteracy in individuals and communities. Viniti speaks Hindi, Urdu and English, and reads Hindi, English and Sanskrit.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Translanguaging in Multilingual English Classrooms

  • Book Subtitle: An Asian Perspective and Contexts

  • Authors: Viniti Vaish

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1088-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1086-1Published: 12 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-1088-5Published: 11 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 130

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education

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