What Might Translanguaging Mean for Multilingual Services?

About this episode

Three SLPs discuss the implications of translanguaging for multilingual service delivery.

Three SLPs discuss multilingual service delivery in light of “translanguaging,” a concept that’s been gaining attention recently. “Translanguaging” refers to the way a speaker, often multilingual, may incorporate the “entirety of their linguistic repertoire,” possibly pulling from two or more named languages. Guests share what translanguaging sounds like, how it differs from code-switching, and what it may mean for service delivery. Through personal stories, they highlight how their own linguistic backgrounds relate to the subject. Learn More: Multilingual Service Provider Resource Collection Webinar: Translanguaging for Pediatric SLPs: Service Delivery With Multilingual Children LSHSS: Functional Language Proficiency in Bilingual Children: A Conceptual Framework, Culturally Responsive Practice, and Measurement Approach ASHA Practice Portal: Multilingual Service Delivery in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Transcript

People in this episode

Guest: SLPs

Topics covered

• translanguaging
• multilingual service delivery
• code-switching
• linguistic repertoire
• personal stories

Keywords

• translanguaging
• multilingual
• service delivery
• code-switching
• linguistic backgrounds

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Organizations: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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