Does Translanguaging Slow Down English Development?
Rethinking English exposure, multilingual learning, and what success should look like Questions about translanguaging and English development often begin with a simple concern: if students…
Translanguaging Strategies for the Classroom: Using Students’ Full Linguistic Repertoires Purposefully
Translanguaging Strategies for the Classroom: Using Students’ Full Linguistic Repertoires Purposefully If you search for translanguaging strategies, you’ll find plenty of suggestions: Let students discuss…
How to Use Translanguaging When You Don’t Speak Your Students’ Languages
One of the most common reactions I hear when I talk about translanguaging is: “That sounds great, but I don’t speak my students’ languages.” Fair.…
Translanguaging Course for Teachers: Practical Strategies
Practical Strategies for Multilingual Classrooms If you teach multilingual learners, you may already know that their languages are an asset. The harder question is usually:…
How Can a School Become More Language-Inclusive?
Walk into almost any international school and you’ll probably see multilingualism everywhere. Students speaking different languages on the playground. Families communicating across languages at pickup. Teachers…
Translanguaging vs. Translation: What’s the Difference?
One of the most common misunderstandings I hear about translanguaging is that it basically means translation. Let students translate the worksheet. Let them look up…
Language Inclusion Is for Every Multilingual Learner
When schools talk about language inclusion, the conversation often turns immediately to students who are still learning English. That makes sense. Students developing proficiency in…
3 Practical Translanguaging Examples for the Classroom
A lot of people think that translanguaging in the classroom must be complicated. It isn’t. At least, not necessarily. A lot of the time, it…
Common Myths About Translanguaging in International Schools
International schools are multilingual places. Obviously. Walk through the hallway of almost any international school, and you’ll hear students switching between languages with friends. They…
More English Is Not Always Better Support for Multilingual Learners
Rethinking language, learning, and inclusion in schools with language diverse populations 1. The Question Many Families and Teachers Are Asking In international and bilingual schools,…