Socially Responsive Translanguaging in Support of Language Reclamation

Translanguaging (fluid multilingualism) has become increasingly popular in research on language teaching and learning in recent years. However, almost immediately, concerns were rightly raised about translanguaging’s potential impact on languages that are part of ongoing language reclamation efforts. This began to be addressed by Cenoz and Gorter in 2017 through the concept of “sustainable translanguaging”. The current presentation builds further upon this by discussing “socially responsive translanguaging”, as informed by the school-based ethnographies carried out by the Wellington Translanguaging Project (and Translanguaging Aotearoa) with local Māori and Samoan communities 2017-2019.