Dr. Gavin Bui
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Session
11:00 am
Creating Translanguaging Space and Integrating Translanguaging Practices in TBLT: A Conceptual FrameworkÂ
This presentation begins with an introduction to some more recent perspectives in language and linguistics, particularly the distributed view of language (Thibault, 2011) which differentiates between first-order languaging and second-order language. It will be contended that the new thinking in languaging, hence translanguaging, has important implications for second language education, especially in multilingual communities such as the Greater Bay Area. The compatibility between translanguaging and task-based language teaching (TBLT) in language education is argued, emphasising their potential synergy in language classrooms. A critical review of the challenges in implementing translanguaging in TBLT is presented, followed by a proposal for strategies to create translanguaging space (Li, 2018) and sub-spaces (Tai and Li, 2021) within the pre-, during-, and post-task stages of TBLT classrooms (Willis & Willis, 1996) to address some of these challenges. Finally, suggestions for future research directions are outlined.Â
(Acknowledgement: This presentation is supported by Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong. Ref. No. UGC/FDS14/H13/20)Â
About the speaker
Gavin Bui is an Associate Professor and Associate Head in the English Department of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, where he also serves as the Director of MA in English Language Teaching and Assessment. He is the co-editor of the Asian Journal of English Language Teaching and served as the President of the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics from 2021 to 2023. Currently he is also an adjunct research fellow and PhD supervisor at the Curtin University, Australia. His research interests lie in task-based language teaching and learning as well as L3 learning motivation. Dr. Bui has received three major RGC grants, totalling more than HK$2.5 million. His recent publications have appeared in international journals such as Studies in Second Language Acquisition (2023), Language Teaching Research (2022, 2021, 2018), Applied Linguistics Review (2020), and System (2019).