Translanguaging for Empowerment and Equity

Foreword and Introduction.- Preface.- PHILIPPINE EDUCATION.- Chapter 1 Prospects for translingual pedagogy in MTBMLE.- Chapter 2 Translanguaging in multicultural classrooms: Discoveries, dilemmas, and directions.- Chapter 3 Assessing language attitudes towards translanguaging of young adult learners in a multilingual setting.- Chapter 4 Translingual practices in English language teaching: Investigating a Philippine HEI setting.- Chapter 5 A space for myself and my language: University students' translanguaging practices and agency.- Chapter 6 Translanguaging in transgressive schoolscapes in the Philippines.- OTHER PUBLIC SPACES.- Chapter 7 Translanguaging in local language-medium news broadcasts in Southern Philippines.- Chapter 8 Translanguaging in the Zamboangueño multilingual context: Maintaining objectivity in radio broadcast news interviews.- Chapter 9 Translanguaging in Linguistic Landscapes of Philippine Regional Trial Courts: A Qualitative Inquiry.- Chapter 10 The role of locallanguages in public spaces:Investigating the functions of translanguaging in Eucharistic celebrations.- Translanguaging and Promoting Linguistic Human Rights.- Chapter 11 Translanguaging as grassroot multilingualism: Towards equitable multilingualism for all.- Chapter 12 Investing in translanguaging practices and claiming the right to speak.- Summary and Conclusion.

Maria Luz Elena (Len) N. Canilao is Associate Professor at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), Philippines. She has served as Associate Chair for Language Programs of the ADMU English Department and as Chair of the English Department at the Ateneo de Manila High School. Her published works focus on Global Englishes, translanguaging, multilingual education, language planning and policy, English language teaching (ELT) principles and practices, and materials design and development. She is an ACELT (Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching) teacher trainer and consultant. She has worked with various institutions including the Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED), Ateneo Language Learning Center (ALLC), Department of Education (DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the British Council, Philippines. She has presented papers in various venues including AsiaTEFL, CELC, ESEA, IAWE, and KOTESOL international conferences.  She is an educator and mentor whose primary advocacy is the empowerment of learners and teachers in multilingual contexts.

Robin Atilano De Los Reyes is Associate Professor and currently the School of Liberal Arts Dean at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. He obtained his PhD in English language and literature from the Ateneo de Manila University. He was a grantee of Fulbright-Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship at Skyline College, California, USA. His research interests include translanguaging, multilingualism, linguistic landscape, and language planning and policy. He has presented his research at international conferences and has published in the Journal of Language, Identity and Education; International Journal of Multilingualism; and Asian Journal of English Language Studies. He has collaborated with USAID and AUSAID as consultant and trainer for literacy and teacher development programs in Region IX and ARMM (now BARMM). As an educator and teacher trainer, he advocates