How we speak ourselves into being

How we speak ourselves into being

by Prerna Karmacharya -
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I love the way you talked about Translanguaging as the everyday normal life of bilingual students. I agree that schools really reinforce the monolingual societal norms. In response to your second question, I’m not completely sure! I love the way that our field placement teacher allows students to use their native languages in the classroom, for both academic and social purposes. I also love the way Jenn allows students to translanguage during small group work, and utilize languages other than English when possible. I think these are examples of ways educators can allow students to utilize their linguistic repertoire.