Translanguaging or English Monolanguaging?: Exploring Postsecondary Students' Perceptions of Linguistic Human Rights in Pakistan's Sindh Province

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Author(s): Ameer Ali (Government Arts and Commerce College, Larkano, Pakistan), Maya Khemlani David (University of Malaya, Malaysia)and Shahnawaz Tunio (Government Arts and Commerce College, Larkano, Pakistan)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 16
Source title: Interrogating Race and Racism in Postsecondary Language Classrooms
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Xiangying Huo (University of Toronto, Canada)and Clayton Smith (University of Windsor, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9029-7.ch013

Keywords: Educational Administration and Leadership / Information Science Reference / Literacy and Language Studies / Media & Communications

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This study explores postsecondary students' perceptions of translanguaging and its nexus with linguistic human rights in Pakistan's Sindh province. English monolanguaging policy in higher educational institutions in Sindh has been seen as a ladder for upward social mobility. This monolingualism has posed challenges to linguistic diversity and linguistic human rights in the province (Sindh) that is multilingual. Interviews conducted via WhatsApp with postsecondary students in Sindh showed the popularity of translanguaging in contrast to English monolanguaging. Responses provided by participants were coded and qualitatively analyzed. Findings demonstrated how translanguaging could help provide and protect linguistic human rights.

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