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#translingualism — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #translingualism, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Update. "We first introduce #translingualism and #ELF [English as a lingua franca] as equally legitimate multilingual theories. Next, we identify [their similarities and differences]…Finally, we lay out a vision for how this transdisciplinary, collaborative dialogue can help realize more equitable #multilingualism."
    degruyter.com/document/doi/10.

    #MultilingualResearch

  2. Noticing v. anecdotally - in #academia - how quickly 'n often monoligual speakers of English in my #UK context go on the defensive (in their tone of voice - a mix of sarcasm/affront) when presented with non-English sources and references: eg. 'would be nice to have an English plug-in for that!' or 'not all of us are multilingual' and 'I don't feel this is a very inclusive space'.

    #MonoLingualism #MultiLingualism
    #TransLingualism
    #LinguisticImperialism #PunchingUp
    #PunchingDown
    #HigherEducation

  3. Can we decolonise our doctoral training (wonkhe.com/blogs/can-we-decolo as well as the comments)?

    "When we teach mentoring and coaching skills, we may tell participants to *adopt a paused speech pattern for effective listening*. However, for some cultural backgrounds and ethnicities, reflective pauses in conversation can be perceived as uncertainty, hostility or even rudeness."

    Thinking of this also in relation to #MultiLingualism #TransLingualism in #AcWri practices #DoctoralWriting

    Should we?