Translanguaging in Welsh early years traditional storytelling activities

Bateman, Amanda and Kern, Friederike (2025) Translanguaging in Welsh early years traditional storytelling activities. Discourse Studies. ISSN 1461-4456

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Abstract

With an increased interest on how heritage languages might be supported in educational contexts globally we suggest here that translanguaging offers one potential practical solution. Originating in Wales, translanguaging is positioned as an intentional pedagogical practice endorsed by the Welsh government, and explored in situ here. Focusing on the beginning of a storytelling activity about the Welsh collection of stories – The Mabinogion – in a new entrant classroom in Mid-Wales, we reveal the translanguaging practices that are embedded in a rich multimodal environment that creates a sense of belonging and identity. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the systematics of translanguaging as fluid, multimodal practices of meaning making co-produced between children and teacher during the Welsh traditional storytelling activity.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1177/14614456251372990
Dates:	Date Event 1 October 2025 Accepted 22 October 2025 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	translanguaging, Wales, early childhood education, traditional oral storytelling, conversation analysis, identity, language creativity, heteroglossia
Subjects:	CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Education
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2025 13:56
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2025 13:56
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16702

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