Pushing linguistic boundaries: translanguaging in a bilingual Science and Technology classroom

In spite of the fact that increased transnational flows of people have altered the social, cultural, and linguistic landscape, education in Zimbabwe still follows a monolingual trajectory. The use of a language of instruction different from the students’ home language has been identified as the major factor in students’ academic underachievement. This article reports on a study that sought to investigate the role played by language in the...