TPN3704: Teaching
Practice IV
YEAR MODULE
ASSIGNMENT 1 2022
, I (full names): ..................................................................
Student number………………............
Module: TPN3704
Declare that:
1. I understand what plagiarism entails and am aware of the University’s policy in this regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I used someone else’s work,
whether a printed source, the internet or any other source, I give the proper acknowledgement and
include a complete reference list.
3. I did not use another current or previous student’s work, submitting it as my own.
4. I did not allow and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of submitting it as his
or her own work.
Signature _________________________________Date: ____________________________
1.1 Define the term translanguaging in your own words.
Translanguaging is the act performed by bilinguals of accessing different
linguistic features or various modes of what are described as autonomous
languages, in order to maximize communicative potential. Translanguaging is
about communication, not about language itself.
1.2 Define the purpose of the study
The purpose of this study was to explore the enablers and constraints of using
learners’ home languages as a support strategy to facilitate learning and teaching
within multilingual classrooms and thereby developing both L1 and the English
language within the framework of additive multilingualism. The study sought to
Practice IV
YEAR MODULE
ASSIGNMENT 1 2022
, I (full names): ..................................................................
Student number………………............
Module: TPN3704
Declare that:
1. I understand what plagiarism entails and am aware of the University’s policy in this regard.
2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I used someone else’s work,
whether a printed source, the internet or any other source, I give the proper acknowledgement and
include a complete reference list.
3. I did not use another current or previous student’s work, submitting it as my own.
4. I did not allow and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of submitting it as his
or her own work.
Signature _________________________________Date: ____________________________
1.1 Define the term translanguaging in your own words.
Translanguaging is the act performed by bilinguals of accessing different
linguistic features or various modes of what are described as autonomous
languages, in order to maximize communicative potential. Translanguaging is
about communication, not about language itself.
1.2 Define the purpose of the study
The purpose of this study was to explore the enablers and constraints of using
learners’ home languages as a support strategy to facilitate learning and teaching
within multilingual classrooms and thereby developing both L1 and the English
language within the framework of additive multilingualism. The study sought to
