The research aims to explore the impact of translanguaging on children's writing and their identities through a pen pal exchange.
Conducted a transnational pen pal exchange among children to facilitate bilingual writing practices.
Utilized qualitative analysis to assess the children's writing and their engagement with translanguaging.
Examined the influence of writing on children's self-identification and social connections.
Children demonstrated increased engagement in writing due to the freedom of using multiple languages.
Identities broadened as children expressed themselves more fully within their translanguaging repertoires.
Writing was reported as a vehicle for emotional and social connection beyond traditional monolingual practices.
Abstract
Through a transnational pen pal exchange, writing emerges as connection and possibility, moving beyond monolingual norms to honor children’s translanguaging repertoires and identities.