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Multilingualism in classrooms: drawing from a diverse language pool for greater understanding

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Research shows that bilingualism and multilingualism have beneficial impacts on the developing mind. In addition, when multilingual learners are allowed to draw freely from their repertoire of language to communicate a practice called translanguaging they achieve a better conceptual understanding. At an HSRC seminar earlier this year, Dr Robyn Tyler argued that the ideology of single language use in South Africa was blinding us to better ways of teaching.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32379564

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162188708

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