Part of the workshop session: Abriendo Puertas: Translanguaging Practices and Pedagogy

During this interactive session, participants will hear from four researchers who have worked with students, their families and their educators to better recognize and understand how translanguaging practices can change the way they approach the teaching and learning of emergent bilinguals. Participants will discuss the use of translanguaging as a tool to providing access to content learning through the analyses of videos, student work and vignettes. Finally, facilitators will share specific strategies that participants can apply and integrate in their practice to take advantage of translanguaging as a tool in pedagogy. The symposium will include the development of a plan for participants to leave with specific next steps related to the recognition and leverage of translanguaging practices.