Azwar Abidin, Yanty Wirza, Ika Lestari Damayanti
This qualitatively driven mixed-methods inquiry investigates how 39 pre-service EFL teachers (PSETs) in Indonesia negotiate pedagogical agency through strategic translanguaging. Analysis of survey and focus group data indicates a perceived relationship between the flexible orchestration of linguistic resources and heightened student involvement. Specifically, 84.6% of respondents reported that translanguaging increased students’ cognitive engagement, while 76.9% noted a positive shift in the affective climate. These findings suggest that strategic translanguaging functions as a situated form of pedagogical agency, providing essential anchors for meaning-making in superdiverse secondary classrooms. The study concludes that validating students’ full semiotic repertoires may mitigate foreign language anxiety and facilitate interactional inquiry, though these results remain tentative and context-specific. © 2026 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
English Language Education Department, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
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