The Routledge Handbook of Translanguaging in the Global South

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-22790-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 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.

The book is organized into thematic sections, covering historical foundations, critical theory, decolonization, policy, education, media, digital spaces, and identity formation. 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

List of Contributors

Foreword

Naledi Mbude-Mehana

 

Introduction: Translanguaging in the Global South

Kleber Aparecido da Silva and Leketi Makalela

 

1.       South Africa’s national miracle of translanguaging: 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 Blum 

 

4.       Translanguaging and Performance

Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese

 

5.       Translanguaging Policies, Beliefs, and Practices in Kazakhstan: A Critical Review

Bridget A. Goodman and Syed Abdul Manan

 

6.       Encruzilhadas and cauldrons: language teacher education as dissensus

Clarissa Menezes Jordão  

 

7.       Translingual         praxiologies    in         three    linguistic         education        professional developmentcontexts in Brazil's Midwest Region

Dllubia Santclair, Avram Blum and Kleber Aparecido da Silva

 

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

 Adriana González

 

9.       The politics of translanguaging

 Kanavillil Rajagopalan

 

10.   Multilingualism, education, and the creation of neo-colonial states in Africa

 Lydia Nyati-Saleshando and Rosina Mokotedi

 

11.   Breaking the chains of higher education: Translanguaging as a decolonial Global South practice

 Mariyeni Matariro & Leketi Makalela

 

12.   Resignifying assessment in Brazilian Post-graduate context from Freirean Southern decolonial translingual perspectives entangling epistemology-ontology-methodology Nara Hiroko Takaki

 

13.   Translanguaging of Multilingual Teachers in English First Additional Language Writing Classrooms

Nomalungelo Ngubane and Berrington Ntombela 

 

14.   Students’ perspectives on a translanguaging education policy at an English medium university in Bangladesh

Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi  and Zhongfeng Tian

 

15.   Trans-formation course for language teachers in-devir: trans-pedagogies and translingual practices

Ricardo Toshihito Saito

 

16.   An outline of translingual studies in Brazil:dialogues and views from the Global South

Dafnie Paulino, Cláudia Hilsdorf Rocha and Ruberval Franco Maciel

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

 

18.   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

 

19.   Language identities and translanguaging affordances mathematics classrooms

 Thulisile Nkambule

 

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.   Reclaiming Translanguaging for a transformative education in the

Global South

 Leketi Makalela and Kleber Aparecido da Silva

 

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kleber Aparecido da Silva is Associate Professor and Researcher in the Department of Linguistics of the Institute of Language Studies at the 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.