Research Interests

• Translanguaging
• Multilingual Education
• Code-switching

Title

Investigating the Translanguaging Practices of Mathematics Teachers and Students in Online Classes in the Philippines

Supervisors

Main Supervisor: Associate Professor Dr James McLellan
Co-Supervisor: Professor Dr. Noor Azam Haji-Othman

Publications

Journal Articles

Bravo-Sotelo, K., McLellan, J., & Noor Azam Haji-Othman. (2023). The ideological tug-of-war of language policies in the Philippines: Perspectives and proposal. Asian Englishes. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2023.2257946

Bravo-Sotelo, K., & Metila, R. (2021). Determining the pedagogical value of code-switching: Functions of teacher code-switching in tertiary level mathematics classrooms. International Journal of Multilingualism. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2021.2002332

Bravo-Sotelo, K. (2020). Exploring the Tagalog-English codeswitching types used for mathematics classroom instruction. IAFOR Journal of Education: Language Learning in Education, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.8.1.03

Thesis

Bravo, K. (2017). Codeswitching use in the tertiary-level mathematics courses and students’ participation [Unpublished master’s thesis]. University of the Philippines Diliman.

Conferences and Presentations

Bravo-Sotelo, K., Nahar, S., Soberano, C., & Emovwodo, S. (2024). When teachers become international doctoral students: A collaborative autoethnography of PhD students from Brunei Darussalam. Paper presented at Brunei Forum, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Feb 26-27, 2024.

Rubbani, A., Bravo-Sotelo, K., & Aqil, M. (2023). Demotivational factors of learning english as a second language: A case study of college students in Pakistan. Paper presented at the Teacher’s Day Conference, Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam, Oct 3, 2023.

Bravo-Sotelo, K. (2022). The mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) at the crossroads: The ideological tug-of-war of language policies in the Philippines. Paper presented virtually at the International Conference on Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment (ICCPA), Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Oct 26-27, 2022.

Bravo-Sotelo, K. & Metila, R. (2022). Philippine tertiary mathematics classrooms: Towards linguistic inclusivity in higher education. Paper presented virtually at the 56th RELC International Conference, Singapore, March 14-16, 2022.

Bravo-Sotelo, K. (2018). Tagalog-English codeswitching: Opportunities for mathematics classroom instruction. Paper presented at the 2018 National Conference on Science Technology and Mathematics Education, Philippine Normal University, Manila, PH, Dec 2018.

Bravo-Sotelo, K. (2018). Codeswitching for classroom inclusion: Functions and frequency of tertiary math teachers’ codeswitching. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Teacher Education, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, PH. Aug 2018.

Bravo, K. (2018). Codeswitching use of tertiary level math teachers and students’ class participation. Paper presented at the 17th International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC), East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, Feb 2018.