LANGUAGE EXCLUSION IN SUPERDIVERSE CLASSROOMS IN OVERSEAS FRANCE: SILENCE, MAILLAGES AND INCLUSIVE PERSPECTIVE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
The purpose of this contribution is to gain a better understanding of how language status is negotiated in superdiverse classrooms in French overseas departments in order to think differently about inclusive educational policies. First, we compare the concepts of translanguaging, interlecte, and mélangue. Then, we analyze — through the lens of the rhizome — verbal interactions in a pre-primary classroom where “awakening to languages” sessions are experienced. The study identifies several multilingual interaction strategies. The results show in particular how to rely on the students’ inner speech. By distinguishing compensatory strategies revealing a “language-problem” vision (VLP) from those aiming at social transformation (VTS), we eventually highlight the ideologies that condition students’ language inclusion.