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Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Translanguaging

探究研究生對跨語際實踐之認知

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Translanguaging, as an approach to language, bilingualism, and bilingual education, considers all linguistic resources available to learners without partitioning their use and is essential for promoting student learning in the twenty-first century. Knowledge of university students’ beliefs about language use must be uncovered and examined; however, existing research has predominantly investigated perceptions of students in universities outside of the USA. In the present study, graduate students’ views about translanguaging practices were examined. Data were collected through a survey instrument and then analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results show that graduate students’ beliefs about translanguaging are highly positive, particularly for social settings and L2 learnings.

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就語言、雙語及雙語教育的觀點而言, 「跨語際實踐」係將學生所知一切和語言相關的資源視為一體, 而不以使用上的不同分開論。如此認知對於促進二十一世紀學生的學習至關重要。因此, 針對大學生對語言使用的觀念亟需深入檢視探究, 然而就此議題, 現有的研究主要以調查美國以外的大學生為主。本研究透過調查蒐集研究生對於跨語際實踐之觀點, 並根據描述性統計結果進行分析。結果顯示研究生對跨語際實踐持有高度正面的看法, 其中又以社會環境和二語學習兩個面向更為正面。

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    Stephanie Moody, Mahjabin Chowdhury & Zohreh Eslami

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Moody, S., Chowdhury, M. & Eslami, Z. Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Translanguaging. English Teaching & Learning 43, 85–103 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-018-0019-z

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