Description
ITU 2025 (15-16 August), HSUHKInvited Colloquium on:
"Translanguaging in TESOL across the Greater Bay Area: Bridging Theory, Materials, and Classroom Innovation"
Speakers: Edward WEN, Jack Pun, and Eve Liu Jiajia
Overview:
This invited colloquium showcases cutting-edge research and practices in translanguaging theory and pedagogy, with a focus on the dynamic and multilingual context of the Greater Bay Area (GBA). The GBA serves as an ideal test bed for translanguaging, offering rich insights into how diverse linguistic and cultural resources can be leveraged in education.
The colloquium features three papers:
Jack Pun (CUHK) investigates the challenges and pedagogical strategies involved in teaching STEM subjects through English in Hong Kong’s secondary schools. Drawing on classroom-based data, his research highlights key issues such as student language barriers, and the limited preparedness of EMI teachers. By analysing classroom interactions and translanguaging practices, the study reveals how students and teachers navigate multilingual resources to facilitate content understanding and scientific reasoning. The findings offer practical insights for enhancing instructional effectiveness and propose actionable recommendations to support EMI teaching in linguistically diverse classrooms.
Jiajia Eve Liu (Macau CityU) explores how pre-service teachers develop critical awareness and strategic use of multilingual and multimodal repertoires in materials design. Her study underscores the importance of integrating translanguaging and multimodality into teacher education to foster inclusive and effective ELT practices.
Zhisheng Edward WEN (HKPolyU-CPCE) presents the Translanguaging Self Hypothesis and the Brain-Body-Technology (BBT) Trioframework, offering a transformative perspective on TESOL pedagogy. His work introduces innovative tools like Digital/Robotic Language Portraits and the GBA Translanguagingbank Database to visualize and analyze multilingual cognition in digital learning environments.
Together, these papers illuminate the transformative potential of translanguaging in TESOL, bridging theory, materials development, and classroom practice to address the complexities of multilingual education in the GBA and beyond.
| Period | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Event type | Seminar |
| Degree of Recognition | International |