ERIC Number: EJ1393302
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1358-684X
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Destabilising English through Translingual Practice: A Case Study
Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, v30 n3 p275-285 2023
This essay arises out of critical reflections in which I have engaged through my teaching in an Indonesian University. All my students are learning English as a foreign language. They typically struggle with how they are positioned ideologically, especially in relation to the so-called 'native speaker'. My goal as an English educator is to free them from the native speaker ideology. I promote the possibilities of translanguaging as Canagarajah envisions it. In this essay I focus on the writing one student produced, when she responded to my request for the class to write a critically reflective piece on their own experiences of interculturality. I encouraged the class to write in both English and Indonesian, exploring the possibilities opened up by translanguaging. This translingual practice, seen through a Bakhtinian lens, is multi-voiced, representing the unique life experiences of my students, and thereby challenging the ideology of standard English.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Code Switching (Language), Intercultural Communication, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Writing (Composition), Reflection, Personal Narratives, Indonesian, Language Usage, Native Language, Standard Spoken Usage, Self Concept
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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