In today’s diverse classrooms, the presence of multiple languages and varied cultural backgrounds among students can be challenging for educators who strive to create inclusive learning environments. Conventional language practices might inadvertently limit students' full expression, which can lead to the belief that students’ diverse linguistic abilities are a detriment to their ability to succeed academically
Translanguaging
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Enter translanguaging—a pedagogical approach that recognizes and leverages the entirety of a student's linguistic repertoire, encompassing all languages they know. Educators who embrace translanguaging as part of their practice establish learning environments that value each student's unique linguistic identity and foster a supportive environment where students feel empowered to express themselves freely, enhancing overall literacy abilities along the way.
Centering the Languaging and Literacies of Students in the ELA Classroom, speaker Kate Seltzer will offer practical insights drawn from real classrooms, offering educators the necessary tools to adopt a translanguaging approach in their classrooms.
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Centering the Languaging and Literacies of Students in the ELA Classroom
Kate Seltzer
January 17, 2024
5:00–6:00 p.m. ET
Seltzer will participate in a live Q&A following her recorded presentation, which was previously available exclusively to registrants of an ILA Intensive on translanguaging. An on-demand recording will be available to registrants after the event.
Register now!
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More resources from ILA
Learn more about how translanguaging principles support multilingual learners with these resources from ILA:
Multilingual Learners Topic Page
Strategies for Multilingual Learners Resource Collection
Translanguaging to Bridge the Gap With English Learners
Robert Jiménez
BLOG POST | Literacy Now
Performing Ideologies: Fostering Raciolinguistic Literacies Through Role-Play in a High School English Classroom
Kate Seltzer
ARTICLE | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (paid access)
A Multiliteracies Classroom Ecology for Elementary Bilingual Language Learners
Lucía Cárdenas Curiel
ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (open access)