The development of an ESL teacher's ability in constructing a virtual translanguaging space in synchronous online language tutorials

[Special Interest Group for Translanguaging and Inclusive Education]

Dear Members of the SIG,

It is my pleasure to share this paper, co-authored with Dr. Miaomiao Zuo, that is published in "Linguistics and Education" (SSCI-indexed Journal; 2023 Impact Factor 1.6). This virtual ethnographic research examines how an ESL teacher utilizes diverse multilingual and multimodal resources to facilitate students' L2 English learning in real-time online tutorials and develops his translanguaging competence over a 10-week period. 

We argue for extending the notion of e-Classroom Interactional Competence (e-CIC) as we suggest that translanguaging is a constitutive feature of e-CIC which entails online teachers drawing on multilingual and multimodal resources strategically for constructing new configurations of pedagogical practices and achieving their specific pedagogical goals. The study highlights that classroom interaction inherently involves translanguaging, and strategically utilizing multilingual and multimodal resources can enable online L2 teachers to create a virtual space that promotes their specific pedagogical objectives and enhances students' L2 learning process. 

Open Access Link (Free Download): 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2024.101311

Reference:

Tai, K. W. H. and Zuo, M. 2024. ‘The Development of an ESL Teacher’s Ability in Constructing a Virtual Translanguaging Space in Synchronous Online Language Tutorials’. Linguistics and Education 83: 1-34. 

Best wishes,

Kevin Tai

Professor Kevin W. H. Tai

BA (Hons 1) (Newcastle, UK), MSc (Oxon), PhD (UCL), FHEA, FRSA

Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy Education 

Co-Director, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE)

Chair, Special Interest Group for Translanguaging and Inclusive Education, CAISE

Chair, Working Group for Research, Academic Unit of Language and Literacy Education

Faculty of Education

The University of Hong Kong

Honorary Research Fellow, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London

Editor, The Language Learning Journal (Routledge)

Assistant Editor, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Routledge)

Executive Guest Editor, Learning and Instruction (Elsevier)

Research Advisor, Cambridge Educational Research e-Journal

Awardee of RGC Early Career Award (ECA) (2023/24), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

Email (HKU): kevi...@hku.hk

Email (UCL): kevin.tai@ucl.ac.uk  

Telephone: (852) 3917 6107

Website: https://web.edu.hku.hk/faculty-academics/kwhtai 

[Xiaochen YU]

Dear Prof. Tai,

Congratulations and thank you so much for your sharing!

Best regards,

Xiaochen

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