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Publication details [#60703]

Makalela, Leketi. 2015. Breaking african language boundaries: student teachers’ reflections on translanguaging practices. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 46 (2) : 275–292.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | language of instruction | language use | multilingualism | teacher

Language as a subject

Languages, African

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

Allowing community (home) language classroom use (here in student teachers acquiring Sepedi as additional language in a teacher education program), designates translanguaging as helpful teachable strategy in intricate African multilingual classrooms. Its cognitive, pedagogical and social advantages are adressed.