TY - GEN
T1 - The role of translanguaging in computational literacies documenting middle school bilinguals' practices in computer science integrated units
AU - Vogel, Sara
AU - Ascenzi-Moreno, Laura
AU - Hoadley, Christopher
AU - Menken, Kate
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/2/22
Y1 - 2019/2/22
N2 - Bilingual education has described a process called translanguaging by which students use linguistic resources across and beyond multiple named languages to learn. Here, we examine how bilingual learners translanguage while learning computer science. These middle schoolers participated in a curricular intervention which infused computational thinking into their Spanish-English bilingual language arts class. Through a descriptive qualitative methodology, we document classroom moments supporting four claims: 1) students' translanguaging blurs linguistic, disciplinary, and modal boundaries, 2) computational literacies are intertwined with students' other literacies, 3) students' attitudes about language and the contexts around them play a role in their translanguaging, and 4) students translanguage to engage in specific CT practices.
AB - Bilingual education has described a process called translanguaging by which students use linguistic resources across and beyond multiple named languages to learn. Here, we examine how bilingual learners translanguage while learning computer science. These middle schoolers participated in a curricular intervention which infused computational thinking into their Spanish-English bilingual language arts class. Through a descriptive qualitative methodology, we document classroom moments supporting four claims: 1) students' translanguaging blurs linguistic, disciplinary, and modal boundaries, 2) computational literacies are intertwined with students' other literacies, 3) students' attitudes about language and the contexts around them play a role in their translanguaging, and 4) students translanguage to engage in specific CT practices.
KW - Bilinguals
KW - Computational Literacies
KW - Computer Science for All
KW - English Language Learners
KW - Middle School
KW - Translanguaging
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85064396853
U2 - 10.1145/3287324.3287368
DO - 10.1145/3287324.3287368
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85064396853
T3 - SIGCSE 2019 - Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 1164
EP - 1170
BT - SIGCSE 2019 - Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2019
Y2 - 27 February 2019 through 2 March 2019
ER -