A Perspective on the Practice of Spontaneous Translanguaging in Indonesia

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10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Translanguaging; Code-switching; Code-mixing

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to explore the extent of how teachers in Jakarta, Indonesia have empowered their students’ first language in their English classes. There were 100 teacher participants in the semi-structured interview gathered by snowball sampling. In the interview guide, prompts and probes were employed during data collection. The qualitative analytical flows were employed in an interactive model. There were two main conclusions made based on the findings. First, students mostly used Bahasa Indonesia in small group discussions, small talks, and brainstorming activities. Second, teachers used Bahasa Indonesia (1) to instruct home assignments, (2) to provide assistance for students during class activities, and (3) to brainstorm during class activities. The three purposes signified that, at stages where students need to build context and to confirm their understanding (stages 1 and 3), they prefer to use their native language. Therefore, translanguaging can be planned and practiced at these two stages. Moreover, English should be used at other stages in teaching-learning cycle to assure students’ achievement in the learning process. There should be a boundary to make students familiar with using English as the classroom language. The research implication addressed by the researchers are that the practice of translanguaging in Indonesia is unplanned, spontaneous translanguaging. Thus, there should be future research to explore more on activities relevant in the integration of pedagogical translanguaging to the English Language Teaching.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurhasanah Halim
AU  - Ilza Mayuni
AU  - Samsi Setiadi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/18
TI  - A Perspective on the Practice of Spontaneous Translanguaging in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 513
EP  - 523
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_45
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_45
ID  - Halim2023
ER  -