Process and Power in Education " Translanguaging: Process and power in education " The development of translanguaging as a theoretical perspective in education, focusing on its potential as a conceptual framework for understanding the role of language in mediating learning in the context of social inequity. The authors draw on Bakhtin's theorization of language and Bourdieu's understanding of the relationship between language and symbolic power to support their argument. Translanguaging has become a popular term both in scholarship and educational settings. It was first used to refer to planned language alternation in bilingual education in Wales (Williams, 1994). The paper The paper first outlines the critiques of translanguaging, particularly addressing concerns about deconstructivism and transformative limitations. It then highlights the potential of translanguaging as a conceptual frame for understanding how language mediates learning in the context...