Introduction

Abstract

The short introduction poses the main question of the book: What is translanguaging? What does a translanguaging approach mean for language and bilingualism on the one hand, and for education and bilingual education on the other? It also describes the structure of the book — Part I discusses how traditional understandings of language and bilingualism are transformed through a translanguaging lens, and Part II explores how translanguaging alters traditional understandings of education.