Abstract
In this article, the significance of translanguaging and trans-semiotizing in facilitating Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) are examined in secondary schools in Hong Kong. Classroom interaction data were collected to analyse the classroom processes in English-medium Integrated Humanities classrooms. Discourse analysis shows that translanguaging and trans-semiotizing naturally emerge in the dynamics of feeling-meaning making and the teacher and students have challenged the dominance of English via orchestrating Cantonese and English, formal and social languages and physical items in the immediate environment. It is therefore suggested that translanguaging and trans-semiotizing should not only be seen as a spontaneous, naturally occurring process but can also be incorporated in multilingual CLIL classrooms as planned systematic scaffolding. Copyright © 2021 AERA21.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - Apr 2021 |
Event | 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Accepting Educational Responsibility" - , United States Duration: 08 Apr 2021 → 12 Apr 2021 https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/2021-Annual-Meeting |
Conference
Conference | 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Accepting Educational Responsibility" |
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Abbreviated title | AERA 2021 |
Country/Territory | United States |
Period | 08/04/21 → 12/04/21 |
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