Alessia Cogo discusses ELF and translanguaging at IDAES program

On 20 September Dr Alessia Cogo delivered a lecture entitled "A translanguaging Perspective in ELF: Working towards linguistic justice". She first explored the concept of “translanguaging” and then discussed how it can be relevant to ELF. She challenged the English monolingual policies and practices that dominate English, especially English language teaching, around the world today and showed how adopting a translanguaging perspective, even in English as a Foreign Language contexts, can not only provide the linguistic and cultural diversity approach towards today's language teaching, but can build foundations for action towards linguistic justice. 

We would like to thank Dr Cogo for throwing light on a topic that is both fascinating and controversial.

Dr Cogo is  a senior lecturer in applied linguistics and sociolinguistcs at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is also the director of nbsp;the director of the MA in Multilingualism, Linguistics and Education, editor-in-Chief of the ELT Journal, and the founder and co-convenor of the  AILA Research Network on English as a Lingua Franca.