The Handbook of Translanguaging

The authoritative reference work on Translanguaging, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing areas of research in modern linguistics

Translanguaging has transformed how we understand language, bilingualism, and education, challenging conventional views and reshaping theory, policy, and practice. The Handbook of Translanguaging is the most comprehensive resource available, bringing together leading scholars from diverse disciplines and global perspectives to explore the theoretical foundations, educational applications, and interdisciplinary connections of this dynamic concept.

Organized into three sections, the Handbook clarifies the conceptual and historical underpinnings of translanguaging, examines the role of translanguaging in education, and explores its intersections with digital communication, gender, media studies, and social justice. Detailed chapters consolidate existing research and set the stage for future inquiry, offering the depth and breadth needed to navigate and contribute to this rapidly evolving field. Integrating theoretical, methodological, and applied perspectives, The Handbook of Translanguaging:

• Features contributions from leading scholars and emerging voices from around the world, particularly from the Global South
• Addresses key theoretical perspectives, such as raciolinguistics, decoloniality, and bilingual cognition
• Examines the role of translanguaging bilingual education, language policy, Indigenous language education, literacy development, and assessment
• Discusses methodological challenges and ethical considerations in translanguaging research
• Highlights translanguaging's role in resistance, social justice, and transformative praxis

Edited by a team of internationally recognized experts, The Handbook of Translanguaging is an invaluable reference for researchers, educators, and policymakers engaged in bilingualism, multilingual education, and language studies. It is also an essential text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in applied linguistics, bilingual education, sociolinguistics, and language policy.

Li Wei is Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education and Chair of Applied Linguistics at University College London. His research covers bilingualism, translanguaging, and language education. He is the co-author of Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism, and Education (with Ofelia García) and editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and of the Wiley Blackwell Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics book series.

Prem Phyak is Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. His research focuses on language policy, translanguaging, and multilingual education. He is the co-author of Engaged Language Policy and Practices (with Kathryn Davis) and co-editor of Multilingual Education in South Asia: At the Intersection of Policy and Practice (with Lina Adinolfi and Usree Bhattacharya) and has published extensively on decoloniality, Indigenous languages, language policy, and translanguaging in education.

Jerry Won Lee is Professor at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on critical applied linguistics and the sociolinguistics of globalization. He is the author of Locating Translingualism, which won the 2024 American Association for Applied Linguistics Book Award, and co-editor of Entangled Englishes (with Sofia Rüdiger).

Ofelia García is Professor Emerita at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. A leading scholar in bilingual education and translanguaging, she has authored and edited numerous influential works, including Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective (Wiley Blackwell, 2008). She served as Editor for The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society and Language Policy.