Multilingual study mentoring for critical multilingual language awareness among migrant adolescents: scenarios of possibility

This paper builds on a collaborative pilot project Critical Multilingual Language Awareness (CMLA) in linguistically diverse Preparatory Class with migrant adolescents Sweden. Importantly, the approach involved Study Mentors (MSMs), whose role normally is to provide scaffolding strongest language of recently arrived students facilitate learning instruction. Previous research has shown that MSMs are left at margins education. explores some many audio-recorded conversations multilingualism between six and as scenarios possibility (Heath, S. B. 2000. “Seeing Our Way into Learning.” Cambridge Journal Education 30 (1): 121–132. doi:10.1080/03057640050005816), facilitated by MSMs' widened epistemic authority invested symbolic self (Kramsch, C. 2011. “The Symbolic Dimensions Intercultural.” Teaching 44 (3): 354–367. doi:10.1017/s0261444810000431). Through their careful positionings personal involvement, were encouraged engage various themes via co-learning processes translingual practices, beyond mere display accurate efficient communication majority language, hence, moving towards increased student participation. These findings demonstrate potential – or possibly other community members have shape importance CMLA.