Building on plurilingual repertoires in mainstream classrooms

![CDATA[In the 21st century, linguistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and religious diversity has enriched educational settings around the world, and, within a global context, many young people make meaning in multiple languages, dialects, and modes and engage in translingual and transcultural negotiation in their everyday lives (García-Sánchez & Orellana, 2019). As an example, Australian schools, like many others worldwide, are increasingly comprised of teachers and young people who speak multiple languages and dialects, and who connect to and interact with diverse cultures and traditions across environments. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been joined by newcomers from countries around the world. The most recent Australian census data reveals that 51.5% of Australians were born overseas or have at least one overseas born parent (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2022). In addition to Australia’s 120 surviving Indigenous languages (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2018) there are more than 300 languages spoken by 22.8% of Australians who speak a language other than English at home.]]