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Named languages, such as English, Japanese and German, are frequently positioned as something a language learner can somehow master, and this can create a sense of deficit and avoidance amongst language learners. This paper explores the idea of using named languages to increase linguistic repertoire, so that the goal is not mastery but communicative range.
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This page is a summary of: Translanguaging and named languages: productive tension and desire, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, August 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2017.1360243.
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