The Routledge Handbook of Translanguaging in the Global South

1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-22790-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Translanguaging in the Global South is a groundbreaking exploration of translanguaging as a decolonial, contextually rooted, and transformative language practice. Unlike conventional volumes that center Western frameworks, this handbook foregrounds indigenous knowledge systems, Southern theories, and the socio-cultural realities of the Global South. It challenges colonial language policies and rigid multilingual paradigms by showcasing how translanguaging can be a driver of educational equity, social justice, and linguistic inclusion.

Drawing on case studies from regions such as South Africa, Brazil, and other postcolonial contexts, it provides practical applications for educators, policymakers, and researchers.

Readers of this book include scholars in linguistics, education, sociology, and decolonial studies; educators and policymakers working in multilingual environments; and students exploring multilingual and cross-cultural education. By offering a blend of theoretical insights and practical tools, this book will benefit readers seeking innovative solutions to address linguistic marginalization. It will equip them with strategies to implement translanguaging as a core pedagogy, promoting epistemic access, cognitive justice, and inclusive development across education systems in the Global South.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aparecido Da Silva, Kleber

Makalela, Leketi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Introduction: translanguaging in the Global South
Kleber Aparecido da Silva and Leketi Makalela

1. South Africa: the pioneer of translanguaging as a national strategy—lessons for the Global South
Leketi Makalela

2. Translanguaging and translanguaging pedagogy in foreign language teacher education in Colombia: past, present, and future
Adriana González

3. Two Brazilian university English professors' emerging translingual praxiologies: a portrait of the complexities of a paradigm shift in motion
Avram Stanley Blum

4. Translanguaging policies, beliefs, and practices in Kazakhstan: a critical review
Bridget Goodman and Syed Abdul Manan

5. Encruzilhadas and cauldrons: language teacher education as dissensus
Clarissa Menezes Jordão

6. Translingual praxiologies in three linguistic education professional development contexts in Brazil’s Midwest region
Dllubia Santclair, Avram Stanley Blum, and Kleber Aparecido da Silva

7. The politics of translanguaging
Kanavillil Rajagopalan

8. Multilingualism, education, and the creation of neo-colonial states in Africa
Lydia Nyati-Saleshando and Rosinah Thando Mokotedi

9. Translanguaging and performance
Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese

10. Breaking the chains of higher education: translanguaging as a decolonial Global South practice
Mariyeni Mtanha-Matariro and Leketi Makalela

11. Resignifying assessment in the Brazilian postgraduate context from Freirean Southern decolonial translingual perspectives
Nara Hiroko Takaki

12. Translanguaging of multilingual teachers in English first additional language writing classrooms
Nomalungelo Ngubane and Berrington Ntombela

13. Students’ perspectives on a translanguaging education policy at an English medium university in Bangladesh
Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi and Zhongfeng Tian

14. Trans-formation course for language teachers in-devir: trans-pedagogies and translingual practices
Ricardo Toshihito Saito

15. An outline of translingual studies in Brazil: dialogues and views from the Global South
Dáfnie Paulino da Silva and Claudia Hilsdorf Rocha with Ruberval Franco Maciel

16. Translanguaging and identity positioning of the Global South subject in cyberspace
Daniel Vasconcelos B. Oliveira, Sávio Siqueira and Diogo Oliveira do Espirito Santo

17. Language identities and translanguaging affordances in mathematics classrooms
Thulisile Nkambule

18. Ubuntu translanguaging with immigrant learners: towards decolonised discourses
Clarah Dhokotera

19. Translanguaging through the prism of epistemologies of the Global South and Global North: evidence from Cyprus, Estonia, and Sweden
Sviatlana Karpava, Natalia Ringblom and Anastassia Zabrodskaja

20. Ubuntu Translanguaging blueprint: a southern epistemology for education transformation
Leketi Makalela

21. Reconsidering multilingualism through a translanguaging lens: the case of language use in school and society in East Africa
Åsa Wedin

22. Ubuntu translanguaging for educational success: decoloniality and epistemic access in academic reading development at a South African university
Simbayi Yafele

23. Schooling and human rights education: democratic principles for a translanguaging classroom in the Global South
Anamaria Welp and Norberto Niclotti Catuci

24. Reclaiming translanguaging for transformative education in the Global South
Leketi Makalela and Kleber Aparecido da Silva

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kleber Aparecido da Silva is an Associate Professor and Researcher in the Department of Linguistics at the Institute of Language Studies,University of Brasília, Brazil.

Leketi Makalela is a Full Professor and Founding Director of the Hub for Multilingual Education and Literacies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.