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Title EXPLORING TRANSLANGUAGING PRACTICES IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF GRADUATE-LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Author(s) MUHAMMAD UMAR RAZAQ

Abstract This research has attempted to explore Translanguaging practices in English language teaching classrooms at Graduate level of Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan. Translanguaging as proposed by Garcia and Le Wei (2014) which has been used as theoretical framework focuses on the process of teaching strategy in English language classroom, the phenomena of Translanguaging thereby create an ease in learning the target language and teachers teaching English employ Translanguaging as pedagogical tool in the English language classroom. This study followed the mixed method research design to collect the data for the study through three set of data collection, 1) Semistructured interviews with the teachers, 2) Classroom observations and 3) closed ended questionnaire. This study analyzed the 10 interviews conducted with the teachers, eight classroom observations and 100 questionnaire respondents selected from the English Department of Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan. The study employed mixed method approach. This study found that teachers and students use Translanguaging as a technique to enhance their language learning capabilities. It was found explicitly that learners were inclined more to use Translanguaging in order to comprehend the knowledge of the target language. Thus, Translanguaging has been used as an effective tool of language learning and teaching processes. This study also found that Translanguaging is not only the necessity of classroom practices but also it can be noticed outside of the classroom activities. This study recommends different language learning and teaching strategies for the teachers and students to create a better and conducive language learning atmosphere in classrooms to build up the linguistic repertoire of the students via using Translanguaging techniques at graduate level.

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Language English

Publication Date 2024-03-08

Subject English Linguistics

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