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Translanguaging practices of Macau junior-one students in a remedial class
Brian Hok‑Shing Chan1; Chris Ion‑Pang Chou2
2022-12-01
Source PublicationAsian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
ISSN2363-5169
Volume7Issue:1Pages:37
Abstract

This qualitative study analyzes the use of translanguaging in co-learning activities involving four junior-one students in an English remedial class. The school advocates a policy of English immersion in the regular English class, although students may have difficulty understanding the teachers and interacting with them during the classes. In the remedial class, however, the policy is not strictly enforced, and, hence, students can leverage semiotic resources from their linguistic repertoires without restriction. All four learners constantly engage in translanguaging in interactive, co-learning activities, drawing upon semiotic resources from not only different languages (i.e., English, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin) but also non-academic registers (i.e., trendy expressions, internet slang) and non-verbal modes (e.g., body gestures, facial expression). In this particular context, the major purpose of translanguaging is to enable the subjects to take up multiple roles (i.e., as a peer and as a ‘little teacher’) and enact different relationships with classmates/groupmates (i.e., peer-peer and teacher-student) in the class (i.e., Excerpts 1 and 2). In the case of a low achiever, translanguaging allows him to actively seek help from the other ‘little teachers’; moreover, his use of Japanese, in which he takes pride, serves as a face-saving strategy. The preference for particular expressions (e.g., internet slang, trendy expressions, Japanese) reflects the students’ hobbies, personal experiences and cultural preferences, thus building their individual image and identity in relation to the teacher and other students.

KeywordCo-learning Macau Remedial Class Separate Bi/multilingualism Translanguaging
DOI10.1186/s40862-022-00164-3
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Indexed ByESCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaEducation & Educational Research ; Linguistics
WOS SubjectEducation & Educational Research ; Linguistics
WOS IDWOS:000854497100001
PublisherSPRINGER, ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, SUITE 4600 , NEW YORK, NY 10004, UNITED STATES
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85138318076
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionUniversity of Macau
Corresponding AuthorBrian Hok‑Shing Chan
Affiliation1.Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao
2.Instituto Salesiano, SAR, Macao
First Author AffilicationFaculty of Arts and Humanities
Corresponding Author AffilicationFaculty of Arts and Humanities
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Brian Hok‑Shing Chan,Chris Ion‑Pang Chou. Translanguaging practices of Macau junior-one students in a remedial class[J]. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2022, 7(1), 37.
APA Brian Hok‑Shing Chan., & Chris Ion‑Pang Chou (2022). Translanguaging practices of Macau junior-one students in a remedial class. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 7(1), 37.
MLA Brian Hok‑Shing Chan,et al."Translanguaging practices of Macau junior-one students in a remedial class".Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 7.1(2022):37.
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