Guest lecture by Jun.-Prof. Taha Kuzu on 20.01.2026 (hybrid)

Translanguaging processes in primary school mathematics lessons - background and empirical insights into cross-linguistic comprehension processes and support possibilities through the use of digital media

Prof. Taha Kuzu from the PH Schwäbisch Gmünd is our guest at the mathematics didactics colloquium. All interested students, lecturers and teachers are cordially invited. The event is offered hybrid.

What is the lecture about?

In multilingual classrooms, translanguaging is increasingly proving to be a central approach to making productive use of children's linguistic resources in mathematics lessons. The lecture will first provide a theoretical insight into translanguaging processes with a special focus on elementary school mathematics lessons. The focus will be on cross-linguistic comprehension processes, which will be reconstructed using empirical data from a qualitative-interpretative research project.

The use of digital media as a supporting instrument also comes into focus - especially in the form of multilingual learner podcasts, explanatory videos and AI-supported tools for language-sensitive task processing. Digital media open up new scope for differentiated support for linguistically heterogeneous learner groups and enable multilingual children to access mathematics in an active, self-determined and linguistically holistic way. The aim of the article is to provide both research-based insights and practical impulses for the further development of multilingualism-oriented mathematics teaching.

You can find more information about Jun.-Prof. Taha Kuzu here.

Access to the Zoom room: https: //tu-dresden.zoom-x.de/j/63284491013?pwd=O4MRFjuZyjM6aZlaMtdTdHkRPob1gd.1

Meeting ID: 632 8449 1013
Identification code: EkvR+uc8