The Potential of Translanguaging among Newcomer Students and Adult ESL Learners
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This paper shared translingual practice emerges in Newcomer Center and adult ESL learners in Spokane County, where a significant immigrants and refugee population contributes to multilingual classrooms. The author shares experiences that demonstrate the benefits of incorporating home languages into educational settings. The paper advocates for pedagogical strategies that harness translanguaging to improve educational outcomes and empower multilingual learners.
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Jiqing Xiang, Gonzaga University
Jiqing Xiang is a graduate student in the MA TESOL program at Gonzaga University. She brings three years of K-12 English teaching experience and has volunteered with various ESL programs in Spokane. Jiqing served as the GECO (Gonzaga ESL Community Outreach) coordinator for a year. Her interests include multilingualism, project-based learning (PBL), language teaching, and translanguaging.
