Meaning & use
translanguaging
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The fluid use of two or more languages together by multilingual speakers as a single, integrated communication system.
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The teacher encouraged translanguaging, letting students blend English and Spanish to express complex ideas.
Researchers studied translanguaging among bilingual children in the classroom.
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A concept developed in bilingual education research to describe how multilinguals draw on their full linguistic repertoire rather than switching strictly between separate languages.
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