No scholar of bi/multilingualism has had as large an impact as Ofelia García, with her far-reaching positive effect on education in the U.S. and internationally. In this post, I argue that we should focus on this far-reaching pedagogical effect—of how she conceptualizes language learners’ bi/multilingualism—which leads to a more socially just way of teaching languages,Continue reading “The historical development of translanguaging – On the legacy of Ofelia García”
Category Archives: Reflections
Good news, bad news, and something to look forward to in 2021!
In the last semester of my PhD, I was auditing an advanced graduate seminar in psycholinguistics in which the professor began the three-hour meetings with the same exercise her children’s elementary school teachers used to do: “a rose, a thorn, or a bud.” The basic premise was to give students a choice to share oneContinue reading “Good news, bad news, and something to look forward to in 2021!”
First post: 2020 in review
2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year that made history, and not just national history. A momentous year for anyone old enough to have a sense of things happening, and I’d say that would be anyone at least 4 or 5 years old. “Where were you during the COVID-19 pandemic? What were youContinue reading “First post: 2020 in review”
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