“This is a must read for everyone interested in an innovative social and psychological approach to the study of doing language and learning.” – Elizabeth Lanza, University of Oslo and Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan, Norway

“An exhilarating and authoritative look into translanguaging as creative, critical, and transformative.” – Nancy Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania, USA

“Ofelia García and Li Wei have just managed to write the book that will definitely inscribe the concept of ‘translanguaging’ in the heuristic landscape of Language Education.” -Language and Intercultural Communication

“Garcia and Wei effectively argue that translanguaging is clearly a process that advocates for polymorphus language learners and is indeed worth serious consideration in our current educational system.’ – Hispania

Ofelia García is Professor in the Ph.D. programs of Urban Education and of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA. She is the Associate General Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

Li Wei is Pro-Vice-Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, where he is Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Birkbeck Graduate Research School. He is Academician of Social Sciences, and Chair of the General & Applied Linguistics, UK, and is Principal Editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism.