Linguistic Distance and Translanguaging: Teaching Malay-English Bilingual Learners

Autor/in	Vaish, Viniti
Titel	Linguistic Distance and Translanguaging: Teaching Malay-English Bilingual Learners
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 41 (2021) 4, S.673-684 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2021.1997708
Schlagwörter	Indonesian Languages; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Vocabulary Development; Code Switching (Language); Metalinguistics; Grammar; Bilingualism; Reading Difficulties; Transfer of Training; Intervention; Reading Instruction; Linguistic Theory; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Morphemes; Language Classification; Program Descriptions; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Indonesisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wortschatzarbeit; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Grammatik; Bilingualismus; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Leseunterricht; Linguistische Theorie; Ausland; Morphem; Sprachtypologie; Singapur
Abstract	This paper applies the theories of linguistic distance and translanguaging to analyse the pedagogy of teaching vocabulary and grammar in English to Malay-English bilinguals who are struggling to read in English. More specifically the paper explores how the teacher tried to create cross-linguistic transfer and how the students display metalinguistic awareness while responding to the teacher's translanguaging stance, design and shifts. Transcripts from two classes of approximately half an hour each, in which the text being taught was The Big Hungry Bear, are analysed. The two classes are from the Learning Support Programme, which is an early intervention programme to support children who are struggling to read in English. The teacher looked for cues or junctures where she could create shifts and goes beyond merely translating to teach vocabulary. She made explicit connections between the grammar of Malay and English through a translanguaging stance demonstrating a strong version of translanguaging. The students adopted the teacher's translanguaging shifts to demonstrate learning of vocabulary and display metalinguistic awareness. The paper ends with reflections on combining the theories of linguistic distance and translanguaging along with thoughts on the directionality of transfer between the languages of a bilingual. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01