As a researcher and teacher educator, A/Prof. Zhongfeng Tian regularly collaborates with teachers in the US context in order to explore how translanguaging can be effectively utilised for student learning.

I remember the very first time I heard about hedging. It was during my master’s degree in the UK. In one particular class, where around 70% of the students were Chinese, our professor spent nearly 40 minutes trying to teach us how to hedge in our English writing.

The power of multilingualism in education is undeniable. However, while many schools celebrate the rich linguistic diversity that students bring, the reality is that embracing home languages in the classroom is still a challenge.