Abstract

Multilingualism is widespread in the world today and English is, in many cases, one of the languages in the multilingual speaker's repertoire. English as a lingua franca (ELF) is used by multilingual speakers who can also communicate in other languages and use their multilingual and multicultural resources in creative ways. This paper aims at exploring the relationship between recent trends in multilingualism, particularly the proposal ‘Focus on Multilingualism’ and ELF. After a brief presentation of multilingualism as related to globalization and super-diversity, there will be an examination of the new trends that bring together the study of multilingualism in education and ELF. Then, similarities and differences between the two are discussed as related to the emerging paradigm that takes into consideration a new vision of language, speakers and repertoires and has translanguaging as a key concept. Translanguaging pedagogies based on the multilingual learner's repertoire are also discussed. The last section looks at achievements and challenges presented by the synergies that have been created and reinforced.

Highlights

  • Multilingualism has a long history but its visibility has increased in recent times due to factors such as globalization or the mobility of the population (Cenoz 2013)

  • English as a lingua franca (ELF) is used by multilingual speakers who can communicate in other languages and use their multilingual and multicultural resources in creative ways

  • This paper aims at exploring the relationship between recent trends in multilingualism, the proposal ‘Focus on Multilingualism’ and ELF

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Summary

Translanguaging pedagogies and English as a lingua franca

Multilingualism is widespread in the world today and English is, in many cases, one of the languages in the multilingual speaker’s repertoire. English as a lingua franca (ELF) is used by multilingual speakers who can communicate in other languages and use their multilingual and multicultural resources in creative ways. After a brief presentation of multilingualism as related to globalization and super-diversity, there will be an examination of the new trends that bring together the study of multilingualism in education and ELF. Similarities and differences between the two are discussed as related to the emerging paradigm that takes into consideration a new vision of language, speakers and repertoires and has translanguaging as a key concept. Translanguaging pedagogies based on the multilingual learner’s repertoire are discussed. The last section looks at achievements and challenges presented by the synergies that have been created and reinforced

Multilingualism and English in the world
Multilingual views
Focus on multilingualism and ELF
The multilingual speaker
The whole linguistic repertoire
The social context
Interaction in social context
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