In the space between languages, translanguaging practices and perceptions in the university Spanish classroom

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dc.contributor.advisorGeorge, Angela
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Abigail
dc.contributor.committeememberGrantham O'Brien, Mary
dc.contributor.committeememberDressler, Roswita
dc.date2020-11
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T13:30:39Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T13:30:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-26
dc.description.abstractTranslanguaging is a reconceptualized notion of pedagogy and practice that can provide strategies that enable users to incorporate and appropriate different language practices into their own linguistic repertoires. It is also an approach to the practices of bilinguals and multilinguals. It re-examines their process of learning new languages and supports their multiple and hybrid identities. This study examined the ways in which university students and teachers engaged with other languages in the Spanish classroom. The objective was to determine if and how university students and teachers ‘translanguaged’, and to explore how they perceived practices of translanguaging. Data collection involved a questionnaire for students and semi-structured interviews for both groups. Thematic content analysis was utilized to analyze the qualitative data generated. The data revealed a considerable degree of fluidity in participants’ language practice, as well as shifts in perceptions and practices that varied according to context. This study provides a clear argument for the authorization, or at least the value of introducing translanguaging to students and teachers in higher education so they can choose whether or not they want to leverage practices of translanguaging.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, A. (2020). In the space between languages, translanguaging practices and perceptions in the university Spanish classroom (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37957
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112231
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjecttranslanguagingen_US
dc.subjectsecond language pedagogyen_US
dc.subjectSpanishen_US
dc.subjectuniversity studentsen_US
dc.subjectuniversity teachersen_US
dc.subjectpracticesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Bilingual and Multiculturalen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Higheren_US
dc.titleIn the space between languages, translanguaging practices and perceptions in the university Spanish classroomen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineLanguages, Literatures and Culturesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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