Translanguaging, identity, and ecology
Synthesizing a decade of research and reimagining multilingual pedagogy
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 21196703 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Emre Debreli (0000-0001-5706-0264, Cyprus International University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Applied Linguistics Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1868-6303 • E-ISSN: 1868-6311 |
| Editorial | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/applirev-2025-0335 |
| OpenAlex | W7166585068 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 62 |
This integrative review synthesizes research on translanguaging and multilingual pedagogies published between 2014 and 2025, tracing their theoretical, empirical, and methodological development across diverse educational contexts. Drawing on a wide range of studies, it shows how translanguaging has expanded from a descriptive account of bilingual communication into a critical pedagogical and sociocultural framework that reframes language learning in multilingual societies. Three major trends emerge: (1) the consolidation of translanguaging as a practical theory connecting cognitive, sociocultural, and ideological dimensions of language; (2) its documented potential to support learner engagement and linguistic equity across K–12, higher education, and teacher education; and (3) methodological diversification through multimodal, digital, and participatory approaches. Persistent challenges remain in teacher preparation, assessment practices, and policy alignment in predominantly monolingual systems. To address these tensions, the review proposes an Ecological-Identity Model of Translanguaging Pedagogy, which conceptualizes how pedagogical enactment, teacher identity, and institutional ecologies interact to enable or constrain sustainable practice. Emerging directions highlight integration with plurilingual frameworks, AI-mediated learning, and decolonial approaches that foreground local epistemologies and social justice. Overall, the review provides a critical, future-oriented synthesis for researchers, educators, and policymakers seeking inclusive, context-responsive approaches to multilingual education and offers an analytical foundation for examining the next phase of translanguaging scholarship
Applied linguistics · Ideology · Multilingual Education · Multilingualism · Participatory action research · Sociocultural evolution · Transformative learning · Translanguaging · Language Development and Disorders · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Pedagogical Translanguaging
Translingual Practice
The Sociolinguistics of Globalization
Translanguaging in Bilingual Education
Translanguaging classroom discourse
Pedagogical Translanguaging and Its Application to Language Classes
Translanguaging in Higher Education
Language portraits going digital and multimodal
The Translanguaging Pedagogies Continuum
(Un)grounded language ideologies
Translanguaging in the Writing of Emergent Multilinguals
A translanguaging view of the linguistic system of bilinguals
Facilitating learners’ participation through classroom translanguaging
Plurilingualism and translanguaging
The language of ciencia
Theories of trans/languaging and trans-semiotizing
Translingual Practices and Neoliberal Policies
A systematic review of empirical studies into multilingual pedagogies and their outcomes in primary education
Preparing Pre-Service Content Area Teachers Through Translanguaging
Translanguaging as Dynamic Activity Flows in CLIL Classrooms
Translanguaging
Translanguaging and the Writing of Bilingual Learners
Teachers’ perceptions of multilingual and language-aware practices in foreign language education in Finland
Translanguaging and the body
Moving beyond linguistic bordering
Translingual Entanglements of Emotions and Translanguaging in Language Learning and Teaching Contexts
Understanding plurilingualism and developing pedagogy
English as the medium of instruction and mother-tongue-based translanguaging
Implementing pedagogical translanguaging in trilingual schools
English language teachers’ implementation of collaborative translanguaging
Translanguaging in education
Translanguaging as a resource for meaning-making at multilingual construction sites
Translanguaging in performance
Translanguaging and Literacies
Negotiating the Multilingual Turn in SLA
Undoing Appropriateness
Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language
Translanguaging and transnational literacies in multilingual classrooms
The transformative limits of translanguaging
Transnational work, translingual practices, and interactional sociolinguistics
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| Altamente citado | No |