translingüismo

Un principio bien asentado en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras es el de enseñar una lengua usando exclusivamente esa misma lengua. Sin embargo, los datos muestran claramente que eso no siempre sucede así. Este trabajo parte de este hecho y tiene como objetivo encontrar las funciones de cada una de las lenguas que aparecen una la clase de lengua extranjera. Para ello usa el análisis conversacional y considera la clase como un contexto institucional que impone una orientación hacia la consecución de los objetivos institucionales a los participantes y restricciones en el uso de la lengua. A partir de estos conceptos se establecen tres funciones en el uso de la L1 (estrategia de enseñanza,...

Rediseño curricular para situar el español como lengua académica a través del translanguaging

Joao Goebel (2026)

Decires

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: translingüismo

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Este trabajo examina el translanguaging como un marco teórico, pedagógico y político para el rediseño curricular orientado a posicionar el español como lengua académica en la educación superior en Estados Unidos. Se centra en programas de formación docente en Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), universidades con una alta matrícula de estudiantes latinos. Partiendo de un análisis crítico de las ideologías English-only y de las prácticas de escolarización sustractiva, el texto argumenta que la jerarquización lingüística continúa reproduciendo exclusión, debilitando identidades académicas y limitando el desarrollo profesional de futuros docentes latinos bilingües. A partir de una revisión...

La alternancia de código y las intuiciones de los hablantes de español como lengua materna

Nelson Méndez (2012)

Revista Nebrija de Lingüística Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: bilingüismo

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Se presentan en el siguiente trabajo los resultados de un experimento donde hablantes de español L1 juzgaron oraciones en alternancia de código entre un sujeto -en las distintas personas- en inglés y un verbo en español y viceversa. La idea era constatar las preferencias en cuanto al sujeto pronominal y las preferencias de número y persona. Como se esperaba, el sujeto en español fue el preferido en la alternancia. En cuanto a preferencias por la persona, cuando el sujeto estaba en inglés, la tercera persona singular fue preferida sobre la primera y segunda. Sin embargo, cuando el sujeto estaba en español y la tercera persona singular tenía morfología, esta opción fue preferida sobre las...

Translingual practices in Chinese as a second language writing: Variations across language proficiency levels

Yachao Sun, Ge Lan (2024)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: translingüismo

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This study investigates the variations in multilingual students’ translingual practices across language proficiency levels in the context of Chinese as a second language (CSL) writing. The case study examined multilingual students’ CSL writing across different proficiency levels at a Sino-US joint-venture university in China, with the aim to understand the variations in translingual practices across these levels. The findings revealed that as language proficiency advanced, there was a corresponding increase in the sophistication of translingual practices, which was manifested in a rise in nuanced, strategic, and culturally inclusive writing. The gradual development in language proficiency allowed students to navigate beyond lexical boundaries and embrace linguistic and cultural diversity, which indicated a change from a monolingual...

Language mixing as a pedagogical tool for language learning: a methods development guide

Mandy Wigdorowitz, Chrysoula Vassiliu, Margreet Vogelzang (2026)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: adquisición de segundas lenguas

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This article introduces the novel mixed language input paradigm (MiLIP), which utilizes language mixing as a pedagogical tool for language learning, and describes the methodology to conduct a longitudinal study using this paradigm. We illustrate the paradigm using the example of intrasententially mixed Greek (target language) with English (familiar language), combined with multimodal input (audio, images, videos, subtitles) over three learning phases. Participants are presented with increasingly complex Greek input as the phases progress: nouns in Phase 1, noun phrases (NPs) in Phase 2, and NPs + verbs in Phase 3. Learning in the proposed paradigm is evaluated through picture selection and...

Monolingual versus multilingual foreign language teaching: French and Arabic at beginning levels

Amanda Brown (2023)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: uso de la L1 en el aula

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Macaro has stated that the choice between a monolingual, immersive, target language-only pedagogy versus a non-immersive, multilingual pedagogy is ‘probably the most fundamental question facing second language acquisition (SLA) researchers, language teachers, and policymakers’. Recognizing that prior empirical work on monolingual versus multilingual approaches has primarily been (1) descriptive, (2) in the context of English as a second or foreign language, and (3) very short term, often with one brief treatment, this intervention study examines the effectiveness of use of the L1/non-target language in the L2 classroom in a quasi-experimental, 10-week study examining French, a commonly learned foreign language, and Arabic, a less commonly learned foreign language, at beginning levels of proficiency in a community-based setting with 25...

Greater complexity and higher efficiency: Effects of translanguaging during collaborative pre-task planning on EFL learners’ speaking performance

Xinran Luo, Peijian Paul Sun (2025)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: translingüismo

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Translanguaging has thrived as a pedagogy for second language (L2) acquisition because of its potential in maximizing L2 learners’ communicative repertoire. However, limited attention has been paid to how translanguaging can influence L2 speaking within the framework of task-based language teaching (TBLT). This study explored how different language use (i.e., L2 only and translanguaging) in collaborative pre-task planning contributed to L2 learners’ subsequent monologic speaking performance, as measured by complexity, accuracy, fluency (CAF), and idea units. The planning behaviours were also examined to offer explanations for the differences in learners’ speaking performance. Altogether 72 undergraduate students from a Chinese university voluntarily participated in this study. The results showed that translanguaging planning...

Translanguaging through performance: Comparative repetition pedagogy in Arabic–English university EFL classrooms

Mohammed Alshaikhi (2026)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Spoken communication remains limited in many Arabic-speaking university English as a foreign language (EFL) settings, where accuracy often outweighs experimentation. This study examines comparative repetition pedagogy (CRP), a bilingual instructional framework developed by Alshaikhi, integrating drama, role play, and task-based reflection. A longitudinal mixed-methods design was implemented with 120 male English-major students in Saudi Arabia. Quantitative data were collected through a willingness to communicate questionnaire, and qualitative data included observations, reflection logs, bilingual adaptations, and two semi-structured teacher interviews. Findings indicate increased willingness to communicate and emerging rhetorical awareness, though these patterns should be interpreted cautiously within the study’s contextual and...

CLIL as a pathway for cross-curricular and translingual classroom practices: A comparative quantitative study on Scottish and Spanish teachers’ views

Xabier San Isidro (2024)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: AICLE/CLIL

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Despite the numerous attempts to characterize Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), the specialized literature has shown a dearth of cross-contextual studies on how stakeholders conceptualize classroom practice. This article presents the results of a two-phase comparative quantitative study on teachers’ views on CLIL design, implementation and results in two different contexts, Scotland (n = 127) and Spain (n = 186). The first phase focused on the creation, pilot-testing and validation of the research tool. The second phase consisted in administering the final questionnaire and analysing the results. The primary goals were (1) to ascertain whether practitioners’ perceptions on CLIL effects and classroom practices match the topics addressed by research; and (2) to analyse and compare teachers’ views in the two contexts. The...

‘That was crazy’: Confronting monolingual ideologies and courting translanguaging in international telecollaboration

John Turnbull, Bedrettin Yazan, Baburhan Uzum (2025)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: translingüismo

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In a telecollaboration (or ‘virtual exchange’) between teacher candidates (TCs) from Türkiye and the United States (U.S.), U.S. TCs experience various elements of translingual practice as potential challenge to their monolingual backgrounds. The challenges occur as TCs from the U.S. context work to fulfill, with Turkish assistance, collaborative final projects: a K-6 learning resource in the form of ‘kamishibai’, digital story, or translanguaging children’s book. Analysis in the article draws on various data sources, including the final projects, recorded video interactions between U.S. and Turkish TCs, and written reflections by U.S. TCs. The analysis aims to answer the following research...