TRANSLANGUAGING: AN APPROACH TO STUDIES IN A FOREIGN AND BRAZILIAN CONTEXT

ABSTRACT The main aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of translanguaging through the analysis of academic articles published on this topic in foreign and Brazilian context. The research question took into account discourses and practices that link Brazil to a monolingual reality, which induce a deletion of the multilingual realities existing in the Brazilian territory. Therefore, although Brazil is constituted of different ethnicities, languages and cultures, these traces that identify it as a country seem to have been erased from the Brazilian educational policies. In view of this, the main objectives were to search bibliographic sources about the concept of translanguaging and to define its scope and focus on articles published in a foreign and Brazilian context. The method that led the research is based on a qualitative model according to Denzin & Lincoln (2006). In view of the publications that were analyzed, teaching based on translanguaging pedagogy would contribute to a more inclusive learning and would enable more access to knowledge. The concept of translanguaging is linked to a practical language pedagogy, which seeks to develop teaching and teacher training strategies in multilingual settings.