6月17日(土)
|MINT-Kobe, 17th floor
Translanguaging in the Japanese EFL Classroom: Presentation, Workshop & Discussion
Don't miss our June event! Come and join us to learn more about translanguaging in the EFL classroom.
Time & Location
2023年6月17日 14:00 – 17:00 JST
MINT-Kobe, 17th floor , 7-chōme-1-1 Kumoidōri, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0096, Japan
About the Event
Speaker 1: Blake Turnbull
Translanguaging as a Theory of Language for Japanese EFL Education
Throughout the past two decades, translanguaging has emerged as a buzzword in applied linguistic research, but to this day it remains one of the most misunderstood and misused terms in the field. This presentation will examine translanguaging as a theory of language from its conceptual origins to its theoretical application in the (Japanese) EFL classroom. A particular focus will be placed on the importance of differentiating between translanguaging and code switching and the effect this distinction has on students’ learning, identity, and social justice in the classroom. I will also discuss the psycholinguistic reality of language and its conceptualization in the brain, and how this theory applies to the development of students’ linguistic competence as emergent bilinguals, not merely as perpetual language learners.
Blake Turnbull has a Ph.D in Foreign Language Acquisition and Education from…