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From https://duallanguageschools.org/school-talk/develop-authentic-biliteracy-in-language-immersion-classrooms/1/

Angela Palmieri has written an excellent introduction to the concept of translanguaging and its importance in dual language instruction. She writes, "It goes beyond code switching and translation because it refers to the process of making meaning and simultaneous literacy. Code-switching refers to the alternation between languages in specific communicative situations, whereas translanguaging is a process of making meaning, and the focus is on how the language user draws upon different linguistic and cognitive resources to make sense. Translanguaging theory recognizes that all people, including monolinguals and bilinguals, have one linguistic repertoire, learned through dynamic social interactions, and from which they select and employ features to make meaning in context (Vogel & Garcia, 2017)."

Although the focus of the article is on the importance of translanguaging in dual language instruction, Palmieri also points out its importance in all language teaching contexts: "It is important for educators to understand that students are always translanguaging-selecting appropriate features from their language repertoire (Vogel & Garcia, 2017). Not allowing for translanguaging will promote the students' linguistic insecurity, leaving them in a state of incongruency as they evaluate their bilingualism according to isolated monolingual standards and practices. Isolating languages of instruction in all types of language education classrooms will result in the students' failure to acquire new linguistic features and will not develop their bilingualism (Vogel & Garcia, 2017)."

Read the full article at https://duallanguageschools.org/school-talk/develop-authentic-biliteracy-in-language-immersion-classrooms/1/