Transformative Translanguaging Espacios: Latinx Students and their Teachers Rompiendo Fronteras sin Miedo

This book explores the transformative power of incorporating translanguaging, the dynamic language practices of bi/multilingual communities, in the schooling of US Latinx children and youth. It centers racialized Latinx bilingual students, including their knowledge systems and cultural and linguistic practices, and transforms the monolingual-white supremacy ideology of many educational spaces. It makes a strong theoretical contribution to the field, putting decolonial, post-structuralist understandings of language and bilingualism alongside critical race theory and critical pedagogy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2021
Publisher: Multilingual Matters

This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the transformative potential of incorporating translanguaging, the dynamic language practices of bi/multilingual communities, into the education of US Latinx children and youth. It provides insightful examples of instructional spaces within US education where Latinx children and youths' translanguaging is central to their teaching and learning experiences. By centering racialized Latinx bilingual students, including their knowledge systems and cultural and linguistic practices, the book challenges the monolingual-white supremacy ideology prevalent in many educational environments. This approach empowers racialized bilingual Latinx subjectivities, enabling students to gain a deeper understanding of the processes of colonization and domination that have limited their ability to fully utilize their semiotic repertoire in learning. Moreover, the book makes a significant theoretical contribution to the field by integrating decolonial, post-structuralist understandings of language and bilingualism with critical race theory and critical pedagogy. This interdisciplinary approach offers a rich framework for analyzing the complexities of language and education in the context of US Latinx communities. Overall, this book is a must-read for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in promoting equitable and inclusive educational practices for Latinx children and youth.

This book is a significant contribution to our understanding of the transformative power of incorporating translanguaging, the dynamic language practices of bi/multilingual communities, into the education of US Latinx children and youth.

It showcases instructional spaces in US education where Latinx children and youths' translanguaging is at the center of their teaching and learning experiences.

By centering racialized Latinx bilingual students, including their knowledge systems and cultural and linguistic practices, the book challenges the monolingual-white supremacy ideology prevalent in many educational environments.

This approach empowers racialized bilingual Latinx subjectivities, enabling students to gain a deeper understanding of the processes of colonization and domination that have limited their ability to fully utilize their semiotic repertoire in learning.

Moreover, the book makes a significant theoretical contribution to the field by integrating decolonial, post-structuralist understandings of language and bilingualism with critical race theory and critical pedagogy.

This interdisciplinary approach offers a rich framework for analyzing the complexities of language and education in the context of US Latinx communities.

Overall, this book is a must-read for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in promoting equitable and inclusive educational practices for Latinx children and youth.

Weight: 516g
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788926041