Thais Mena-Orduña
@thaismenaorduna.bsky.social
PhD student at Universitat de Lleida and member of @cla-udl. Multi/Plurilingualism, assessment, SA and ideology.
Bachelor's degree in English Studies and Master's degrees in Foreign Language Teaching: English (TEFL) and Spanish (ELE). Wanderluster & foodie
Bachelor's degree in English Studies and Master's degrees in Foreign Language Teaching: English (TEFL) and Spanish (ELE). Wanderluster & foodie
I completely agree with Júlia! I mean, perhaps we should focus on the objective of communication: is it to sound like a native or to be an effective speaker? It's time to move away from deficiency-oriented views in FLT and to embrace our students’ plurilingual repertoires to empower them as FL users
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I completely agree with Júlia! I mean, perhaps we should focus on the objective of communication: is it to sound like a native or to be an effective speaker? It's time to move away from deficiency-oriented views in FLT and to embrace our students’ plurilingual repertoires to empower them as FL users
Thanks for the recommendation!!! Noted ;)
May 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Thanks for the recommendation!!! Noted ;)
📚 My reading recommendation👇
Cummins, J. (2008). Teaching for Transfer: Challenging the Two Solitudes Assumption in Bilingual Education. In J. Cummins & N. Hornberger (Eds), Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Bilingual Education (pp. 65-77). New York: Springer.
Cummins, J. (2008). Teaching for Transfer: Challenging the Two Solitudes Assumption in Bilingual Education. In J. Cummins & N. Hornberger (Eds), Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Bilingual Education (pp. 65-77). New York: Springer.
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📚 My reading recommendation👇
Cummins, J. (2008). Teaching for Transfer: Challenging the Two Solitudes Assumption in Bilingual Education. In J. Cummins & N. Hornberger (Eds), Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Bilingual Education (pp. 65-77). New York: Springer.
Cummins, J. (2008). Teaching for Transfer: Challenging the Two Solitudes Assumption in Bilingual Education. In J. Cummins & N. Hornberger (Eds), Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Bilingual Education (pp. 65-77). New York: Springer.
Awww 😩 how hard it is to challenge the monolingual principle… but we're lucky to have researchers (Alfonso 🔥👏)
👅 🧠 Languages aren’t compartmentalised in the brain — there’s interdependence across languages! 🌐🗣️
👅 🧠 Languages aren’t compartmentalised in the brain — there’s interdependence across languages! 🌐🗣️
May 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Awww 😩 how hard it is to challenge the monolingual principle… but we're lucky to have researchers (Alfonso 🔥👏)
👅 🧠 Languages aren’t compartmentalised in the brain — there’s interdependence across languages! 🌐🗣️
👅 🧠 Languages aren’t compartmentalised in the brain — there’s interdependence across languages! 🌐🗣️