Fw: Sharing my new blog post on belonging & translanguaging

[Kevin W. H. Tai (Prof.)]

Dear colleagues, 

I hope you’re all doing well. I wanted to share a recent blog post I wrote for the Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity Research Group (BILD) titled “Do I Belong? Writing Across Tongues.” It reflects on multilingual identity, translanguaging, and navigating linguistic belonging across borders and academic spaces. I also included two short poems that capture some of the emotions behind this journey.

You can read the full piece here: https://bild-lida.ca/blog/uncategorized/do-i-belong-writing-across-tongues-by-dr-zhongfeng-tian-%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E9%94%8B/

Thanks for taking a look—I’d love to hear your thoughts if it resonates.

Warmly,
Zhongfeng

Zhongfeng Tian (田中锋), Ph.D. 

Associate Professor of Bilingual Education  

Department of Urban Education  

Rutgers University–Newark 

Past Chair, AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG

Associate Editor, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

(Faculty Webpage; ResearchGate; Google Scholar; LinkedIn; Scopus) 

 

New book: Decolonizing Academic Writing Through Translingualism: Walking the Talk 

New special issues: 

• The Role of Teachers’ Language Ideologies and Identities in Shaping Translanguaging Practices in Multilingual Classrooms
• Generative Artificial Intelligence in Second Language Writing
• Reimagining Instruction and Assessment for Adolescent Emergent Multilinguals through Translanguaging
  
  

New articles: 

• Translanguaging in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Mandarin FLES Program [Open Access] 
• Unpacking the Complex Journey of Developing Critical Language Awareness: Identity, Resistance, and Transformation 
• Translanguaging at School: A Systematic Review of U.S. PK-12 Translanguaging Research 
• An Investigation of Parents’ Decisions to Enroll in Mandarin-English Dual Language Immersion Programs [Open Access]
• Principal Agency Fifty Years After the Lau Decision: Building and Sustaining Bilingual Education Programs for Asian Languages [Open Access]