CHANGES IN TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TRANSLANGUAGING
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Date
2023
Authors
Tastanbek Serikbolsyn, Kazymbek Aigerim, Kalizhanova Zarina, Kaipova Dinara
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NUGSE Research in Education, 6(1)
Abstract
Teachers have different views toward translanguaging, which is a pedagogical approach that has garnered significant attention over the last decade. This study investigates the changes in attitudes towards translanguaging off our teachers doing a master’s degree program in Kazakhstan through autoethnography. The findings revealed that the teachers’ present attitudes were formed either during their teaching practice or while studying at graduate school. Some participants’ attitudes were negative when they were teaching, and they mainly associated translanguaging with low language competence and a deficient level of education. However, after a year of studying, the participants changed their attitudes into one that was more positive since they understood the value and benefits of translanguaging. The study suggests that the MA program has the potential to be a good platform for the development of teachers’ plurilingual competence and their appreciation of student plurilingualism…
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type of access: open access, translanguaging in pedagogy, teacher positions, teacher attitudes, teacher beliefs, plurilingual competence
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Tastanbek S., Kazymbek A., Kalizhanova Z., Kaipova D. (2023) Changes in teachers’ attitudes towards translanguaging. Graduate School of Education