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    Translanguaging as a practice in the writing of basic English students at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
    (2022-04-13) Buitrago García, Laura; Soto Santiago, Sandra L.; College of Arts and Sciences - Art; Morales, Katherine; Rivera, Rosita L.; Department of English; Zapata Medina, Rocío
    The topic of translanguaging has gained great relevance in the field of second language acquisition in the last few years. Authors such as Blackledge and Creese (2010), Mazak and Herbas-Donoso (2015), Velasco and García (2014), and Canagarajah (2011) have analyzed translanguaging as a learner’s practice in educational contexts. Nevertheless, the influence of this practice in the development of language skills like writing has not been greatly explored; “(…) Translanguaging in writing deserves further analysis and research to understand why not all students make use of their full linguistic repertoires.” (Velasco & García, 2014 P.21). This case study took place in two sections of the basic English course INGL 3102. Students in their first year are the usual population of this course, mainly aimed to study the basic principles of English grammar. The data was collected online through a questionnaire, a survey, individual interviews, and writing samples. During the data analysis, it was found that some students employed translanguaging practices during the development of their texts in English, at different stages, and for various purposes, such as word retrieval and multilingual repertoire expression.