Commentary published In: Epistemological issue: Translanguaging
Edited by Cristina Flores and Neal Snape
[Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 15:1] 2025
► pp. 61–65
Commentary
Pedagogical translanguaging
Rescuing a legitimate and useful concept from the echo chamber of evidence-free assertions
Published online: 21 January 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.24064.cum
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.24064.cum
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