TRANSLANGUAGING IN THE ACADEMIC WRITING PROCESS: EXPLORING CHINESE BILINGUAL POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ PRACTICES AT A BRITISH UNIVERSITY
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Date
2023
Authors
Zheng, Zhe (Zoey)
Drybrough, Andrew G.
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Journal of English for Academic Purposes
Abstract
Written translanguaging within educational settings has drawn increasing attention in recent
years, but research which explores translanguaging practice in detail in the postgraduate
dissertation writing process is still limited. This study focuses on five Chinese postgraduate students
who studied at a British university. It investigates their translanguaging practice in the
outlining, note-taking and drafting phases of their master’s dissertation writing process with
reference to Plakans’ reading-to-write test task model. We collected and analysed the texts from
our participants and conducted interviews to introduce emic perspectives to our analysis. The
findings reveal six translanguaging practices in the academic dissertation writing process,
showing that translanguaging supports students’ development of self-regulation and serves as an
efficient self-regulation tool for them to control the recursive and extensive dissertation writing
process, to reach their immediate and global writing goals. The paper problematizes and challenges
the orthodox academic discourse and practice and highlights the need for EAP tutors and
dissertation supervisors to encourage translanguaging in students’ writing practice in response to
the potential issues raised by the monolingual norms in the academic communities
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Type of access: Open Access, Translanguaging, Academic writing, Dissertation writing process, Self-regulation
Citation
Zheng, Z. Drybrough, A. (2023). Translanguaging in the academic writing process: Exploring Chinese bilingual postgraduate students’ practices at a British university. Journal of English for Academic Purposes