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Vol. 3:2 (2017) ► pp.229–253

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Co-constructing a translanguaging space

Analysing a Japanese/ELF group discussion in a CLIL classroom at university

 | Yokohama City University
Published online: 23 June 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ttmc.3.2.05tsu
Abstract
Translanguaging is an emergent concept in bi/multilingualism and language education. It refers to discursive practices where multiple languages are used by plurilingual individuals as an integrated linguistic repertoire (García, Ofelia, and Li Wei. 2014. Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar). This study focuses on the use of translanguaging in a group discussion in a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classroom at a Japanese university, where Japanese students and one Arabic student talked in three Japanese and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The study examined why (the function) and how (the process) the participants translanguaged from Japanese to ELF in this particular context. During a forty-minute discussion, the participants spoke in Japanese most of the time, and ELF was used for less than ten minutes in total, especially between a Japanese and an Arabic speaker. Based on Gumperz, John J. 1982. Discourse Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar and Klimpfinger, Theresa. 2007. “‘Mind you, Sometimes you Have to Mix’? The Role of Code-switching in English as a lingua franca” Vienna English Working Papers 16 (2):36–61.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar, four functions of translanguaging were identified: (1) addressee specification, (2) assertion, (3) clarification and (4) appealing for linguistic assistance. The process of translanguaging was also examined in relation to turn-taking structure. The results show that the use of response tokens in ELF and meta-linguistic comments functioned as cues for translanguaging. In so doing, the participants co-constructed a translanguaging space.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Code-switching and translanguaging
  • 3.Forms and functions of translanguaging
  • 4.Research methods and data
  • 5.Results and discussion
    • 5.1The numbers of turns and words in the discussions
    • 5.2Forms of translanguaging
    • 5.3Functions of translanguaging
    • 5.4Shifting from interactional talk to transactional talk
    • 5.5Co-constructing a translanguaging space
    • 5.6The multifunctional nature of translanguaging
  • 6.Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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