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This review analyzes 53 publications from 1996 to 2014, examining how authors define translanguaging, provide exemplars, and attribute implications. 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Amid increasing application of the term, concern emerges regarding the consistency of its definitions and characterizations, specifically with respect to the term’s social justice implications, which risk dilution. Early instances (García, 2007, 2009a) position the term as both a pedagogical strategy for supporting multilingual learners and a critique of existing conceptualizations of language and bilingualism that have historically marginalized particular speech communities. In this review of recent literature, I analyze 53 texts published between 1996 and 2014 for their definitions, exemplifications, and attributed implications of translanguaging, as an ontological perspective on language and as a set of teaching practices. In the review, I find that although the term has largely maintained its sociolinguistic critique, its ties to critical pedagogy appear only sporadically. I close this review by proposing avenues for new research.  \nKeywords: translanguaging, multilingualism, bilingual education, critical pedagogy  \nLanguage classification has been a construct to control variety and difference and thus it excludes mixed language practices, creoles and other ways of using languages in multilingual networks…. And the question we should be asking isnot whether code-switching is an appropriate responsible pedagogy, or whether‘translanguaging’ is valuable in itself or whether ‘Spanglish’ should be accepted in the classroom. If language is an invention, then we must observe closely the way in which people use language and base our pedagogical practices on that use, and not on what the school system says are valuable practices. (García, 2007, p. xiii)  \nTranslanguaging, or engaging in bilingual or multilingual discourse practices, isan approach to bilingualism that is centered, not on languages as has been often the case, but on the practices of bilinguals that are readily observable. These worldwide translanguaging practices are seen here not as marked or unusual, but  \n1 Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Luis Poza, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver, School of Education and Human Development, Campus Box 106, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364. Email: [Luis.Poza@ucdenver.edu. The](Luis.Poza@ucdenver.edu. The) author would like to acknowledge the invaluable feedback from editors Leah Faw and James Mason in the review and preparation of this work.  \nBerkeley Review of Education Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 101–128  \n102 Poza  \nrather are taken for what they are, namely the normal mode of communication that characterizes communities throughout the world.  \n[…] bilingualism is strongly linked to social and political constructions, and cannot therefore be analyzed without reference to the social order. (García, 2009a, p. 71)  \nI first encountered the concept of translanguaging as a doctoral student in the abovecited texts in 2010. The term offered an opportune framework for wresting the language practices of bilingual (and sometimes multilingual) students from monolingual paradigms of language proficiency. Moreover, it offered a lens through which to view the language pract","cbCaid1eos7Vpeir","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid1eos7Vpeir","pdf",508108,29,"English","# Abstract\n# Literature Review Focus\n## Definitions and Implications in Recent Scholarship\n## Sociolinguistic Critique and Links to Critical Pedagogy\n# Proposed Avenues for Future Research","[{\"question\":\"What core concern does the review raise about translanguaging research?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights inconsistencies in how translanguaging is defined and characterized, especially regarding social-justice implications that may be diluted as the term gains broader use.\"},{\"question\":\"How many texts does the author review, and what time span do they cover?\",\"answer\":\"The review analyzes 53 texts published between 1996 and 2014.\"},{\"question\":\"What relationship does the review find between translanguaging and critical pedagogy?\",\"answer\":\"Translanguaging largely maintains its sociolinguistic critique, but ties to critical pedagogy appear only sporadically.\"}]","Translanguaging: Definitions, Implications, and Further Needs in Burgeoning Inquiry | PDF",1792079796,73]