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Ep. 76 - Translanguaging in the Classroom: Why Home Languages Matter with Patrice Thompson
What happens when students are told to leave their home languages at the classroom door? In this episode, Alain Breton and Brian Bickford talk with Patrice, a multilingual teacher, teacher trainer and founder of Conex-Us Consulting, about translanguaging: using a person's whole linguistic repertoire to learn and to understand the world.Speaking from Morocco, Patrice explains how she helps schools move away from the "English equals success" mindset. English acquisition is important, she argues, but it isn't the only destination, and letting students process ideas in their home languages lowers…
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