Translanguaging and Latinx Bilingual Readers

Ofelia García

doi:10.1002/trtr.1883

journal article Feb 28, 2020

Translanguaging and Latinx Bilingual Readers

Ofelia García

The Reading Teacher Vol. 73 No. 5 pp. 557-562 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe traditional monolingual and monoglossic perspective of literacy and biliteracy is compared with the perspective offered by translanguaging. The author explores how the monolingual and monoglossic view of literacy has been responsible for the failure of many Latinx bilingual students. A translanguaging perspective turns its attention toward the language actions of a bilingual reader and away from the language of a written text. Focusing on the actions of three Latinx bilingual readers—a pre‐reader, an elementary school student, and a middle school student—the author explores how bilingual readers leverage their translanguaging, turning what are said to be static monolingual texts into multilingual/multimodal ones. Through the actions of three Latinx readers in different types of educational contexts, the author shows how literacy educators can take steps to acknowledge bilingual readers’ translanguaging and enter with them into a translanguaging space to do literacy.

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Published: Feb 28, 2020
Vol/Issue: 73(5)
Pages: 557-562
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Ofelia García

The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

Cite This Article

Ofelia García (2020). Translanguaging and Latinx Bilingual Readers. The Reading Teacher, 73(5), 557-562. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1883

Translanguaging and Latinx Bilingual Readers

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