Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia

Identifies diverse language uses in sociolinguistically underexplored formal domains of education in South Asia. This book presents empirical research from a wide range of South Asian contexts, in order to develop critical understandings of the intricate relationships between translingual practices,...

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Main Authors: Sultana, Shaila, Sah, Pramod K., Mishra, Sunita, Malik, Ramesh C., Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan, Mukhopadhyay, Lina, Rafi, Abu Saleh Mohammad, Phyak, Prem, Ghimire, Nani Babu, Mohamed, Naashia, Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari, Anbreen, Tanzeela, Ara, Rowshon, Manan, Syed Abdul, Khan, Muhammad Yasir, Channa, Liaquat Ali, Mohanty, Ajit K.
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Published: Multilingual Matters / Channel View Publications 2026
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author Sultana, Shaila
Sah, Pramod K.
Mishra, Sunita
Malik, Ramesh C.
Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan
Mukhopadhyay, Lina
Rafi, Abu Saleh Mohammad
Phyak, Prem
Ghimire, Nani Babu
Mohamed, Naashia
Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari
Anbreen, Tanzeela
Ara, Rowshon
Manan, Syed Abdul
Khan, Muhammad Yasir
Channa, Liaquat Ali
Mohanty, Ajit K.
author_browse Anbreen, Tanzeela
Ara, Rowshon
Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan
Channa, Liaquat Ali
Ghimire, Nani Babu
Khan, Muhammad Yasir
Malik, Ramesh C.
Manan, Syed Abdul
Mishra, Sunita
Mohamed, Naashia
Mohanty, Ajit K.
Mukhopadhyay, Lina
Phyak, Prem
Rafi, Abu Saleh Mohammad
Sah, Pramod K.
Sultana, Shaila
Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari
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Mishra, Sunita
Malik, Ramesh C.
Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan
Mukhopadhyay, Lina
Rafi, Abu Saleh Mohammad
Phyak, Prem
Ghimire, Nani Babu
Mohamed, Naashia
Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari
Anbreen, Tanzeela
Ara, Rowshon
Manan, Syed Abdul
Khan, Muhammad Yasir
Channa, Liaquat Ali
Mohanty, Ajit K.
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description Identifies diverse language uses in sociolinguistically underexplored formal domains of education in South Asia. This book presents empirical research from a wide range of South Asian contexts, in order to develop critical understandings of the intricate relationships between translingual practices, language education, social justice and equity. The chapters explore the feasibility, acceptance and prospects of translingual practices as meaningful communication and pedagogic practices in South Asian English language classrooms. The authors identify diverse language uses in sociolinguistically unexplored formal domains of education and address the persistent monolingual biases and ideologies, hegemonic language policies and negative attitudes towards non-standard varieties of English and other languages within these contexts. The book raises awareness of the marginalisation, violence, intolerance and injustice sustained through English language education in South Asia and suggests steps to ensure linguistic rights, linguistic equity and social justice. This book is Open Access under a CC BY NC ND license.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1740952026-03-19T14:46:32Z Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia Sultana, Shaila Sah, Pramod K. Mishra, Sunita Malik, Ramesh C. Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan Mukhopadhyay, Lina Rafi, Abu Saleh Mohammad Phyak, Prem Ghimire, Nani Babu Mohamed, Naashia Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari Anbreen, Tanzeela Ara, Rowshon Manan, Syed Abdul Khan, Muhammad Yasir Channa, Liaquat Ali Mohanty, Ajit K. Sultana, Shaila Sah, Pramod K. Acceptance Feasibility Translanguaging Language policy Sociolinguistics Language teaching methods Multilingualism Monolingual norms Linguistic bias Linguistic equity Language attitudes Education policy South Asia Translingualism Linguistic rights Social justice English language teaching Monolingual bias Ideologies Hegemony Negative attitudes Marginalisation Violence Intolerance Injustice thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy::JNFK Educational strategies and policy: inclusion thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning::CJA Language teaching theory and methods thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning Identifies diverse language uses in sociolinguistically underexplored formal domains of education in South Asia. This book presents empirical research from a wide range of South Asian contexts, in order to develop critical understandings of the intricate relationships between translingual practices, language education, social justice and equity. The chapters explore the feasibility, acceptance and prospects of translingual practices as meaningful communication and pedagogic practices in South Asian English language classrooms. The authors identify diverse language uses in sociolinguistically unexplored formal domains of education and address the persistent monolingual biases and ideologies, hegemonic language policies and negative attitudes towards non-standard varieties of English and other languages within these contexts. The book raises awareness of the marginalisation, violence, intolerance and injustice sustained through English language education in South Asia and suggests steps to ensure linguistic rights, linguistic equity and social justice. This book is Open Access under a CC BY NC ND license. 2026-03-19T14:46:31Z 2026-03-19T14:46:31Z 2026-03-02T17:48:13Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110780 9781800418462 9781800418479 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174095 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/110780/1/9781800418462.pdf Multilingual Matters / Channel View Publications Multilingual Matters d6a87be7-41a3-4d48-be90-3d0acb048185 9781800418462 9781800418479 Multilingual Matters 276 Bristol open access
spellingShingle Acceptance
Feasibility
Translanguaging
Language policy
Sociolinguistics
Language teaching methods
Multilingualism
Monolingual norms
Linguistic bias
Linguistic equity
Language attitudes
Education policy
South Asia
Translingualism
Linguistic rights
Social justice
English language teaching
Monolingual bias
Ideologies
Hegemony
Negative attitudes
Marginalisation
Violence
Intolerance
Injustice
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy::JNFK Educational strategies and policy: inclusion
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning::CJA Language teaching theory and methods
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning
Sultana, Shaila
Sah, Pramod K.
Mishra, Sunita
Malik, Ramesh C.
Boruah, Padmini Bhuyan
Mukhopadhyay, Lina
Rafi, Abu Saleh Mohammad
Phyak, Prem
Ghimire, Nani Babu
Mohamed, Naashia
Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari
Anbreen, Tanzeela
Ara, Rowshon
Manan, Syed Abdul
Khan, Muhammad Yasir
Channa, Liaquat Ali
Mohanty, Ajit K.
Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia
title Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia
title_full Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia
title_fullStr Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia
title_full_unstemmed Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia
title_short Translingual Practices in English Language Education in South Asia
title_sort translingual practices in english language education in south asia
topic Acceptance
Feasibility
Translanguaging
Language policy
Sociolinguistics
Language teaching methods
Multilingualism
Monolingual norms
Linguistic bias
Linguistic equity
Language attitudes
Education policy
South Asia
Translingualism
Linguistic rights
Social justice
English language teaching
Monolingual bias
Ideologies
Hegemony
Negative attitudes
Marginalisation
Violence
Intolerance
Injustice
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy::JNFK Educational strategies and policy: inclusion
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning::CJA Language teaching theory and methods
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning
topic_facet Acceptance
Feasibility
Translanguaging
Language policy
Sociolinguistics
Language teaching methods
Multilingualism
Monolingual norms
Linguistic bias
Linguistic equity
Language attitudes
Education policy
South Asia
Translingualism
Linguistic rights
Social justice
English language teaching
Monolingual bias
Ideologies
Hegemony
Negative attitudes
Marginalisation
Violence
Intolerance
Injustice
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy::JNFK Educational strategies and policy: inclusion
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning::CJA Language teaching theory and methods
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning
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