Bilingualism London Clinical Excellence Network
Translanguaging
“Translanguaging is defined as “the process whereby multilingual speakers utilize their languages as an integrated communication system. It is the only way to create meaning while learning. It is the one thing that everyone needs to do in order to successfully develop their languages, develop their ways of knowing, to develop content, develop their social-emotional identities and for society to develop to a more just and equitable society.” - Professor Ofelia García
Here are some resources you might find useful to explore this area more:
Little Sponges
García, O., & Wei, L. (2015). Translanguaging, bilingualism, and bilingual education. The handbook of bilingual and multilingual education., 223, 240
Kirsch, Claudine. (2020). Opening minds to translanguaging pedagogies. System, 92, 102271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2020.102271
We are Speech and Language Therapists and Educators who have created this website to share knowledge, advice and resources.
Why not take a look?
We are a group of international and local speech and language therapists and educators with specialist clinical interest and experience in working with children and families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
As a network we focus on Speech and Language Therapy Services to children and young people from bi/multilingual and multicultural backgrounds. We provide support, help and encouragement to all members and promote the exchange of information and ideas and resources. We aim to contribute to policy in relation to working within the field of bilingualism. We share knowledge and understanding around the Speech and Language Therapist’s role within bilingualism. We liaise with RCSLT Advisors.
If you are interested in following our activity or being kept informed of our upcoming study days you can follow us on Twitter @LondonBilCEN. Details are also published in the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) bulletin.
If you have any suggestions for updating the website, please email us @ bilingualismlondoncen@gmail.com.
This content of this website has been designed and written by Sai Bangera, Emma Nunn, Marie Newton , Victoria Farrell, Sarah Earl and Beatriz López Medina, members of the Bilingualism London CEN, with input from past London Special Interest Group (SIG) in Bilingualism committee members.
We would like to thank the previous London SIG Bilingualism committee members for their past contributions.