Translanguaging in digital learning: the making of translanguaging spaces in online English teaching videos

Language learning through online platforms is becoming increasingly popular. The technological affordances of YouTube provide a translanguaging space for learners and teachers alike to bring their different identities, experiences histories create coordinated performance (Li 2011 Li, W. 2011. “Moment Analysis Translanguaging Space: Discursive Construction Identities by Multilingual Chinese Youth in Britain.” Journal Pragmatics 43 (5): 1222–1235.[Crossref], [Web Science ®] , [Google Scholar], 1222–1235). Nevertheless, the existing literature on predominantly focuses multilingual encounters which language users draw repertoire linguistic resources making meaning, more attention needed understand role light orchestration modalities (Zhu, Jankowicz-Pytel 2020 Zhu, H., D. Jankowicz-Pytel. 2020. “Translanguaging Embodied Teaching Learning: Lessons from Karate Club London.” International Bilingual Education Bilingualism 23 (1): 65–80.[Taylor & Francis Online], 65–80). Drawing two English lessons comments, we focus how registers, styles speaking strategically orchestrating range multimodal teach vocabulary means plays. We employed analysis qualitative content unpack yet interrelated spaces are constructed these video classrooms. argue that such kind digitally mediated setting, created: ‘interactional space’ ‘performative space’. study also offers some pedagogical implications inform future directions developing teaching materials digital platforms.