A Multilingual Development Framework for Young Learners

Early Multi-Competence in South Tyrol
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-11-110465-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 273 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

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This book presents a new extended framework for the study of early multicompetence. It proposes a concept of multilingual competences as a valuable educational target, and a view of the multilingual learner as a competent language user. The thematic focus is on multilingual skill development in primary schoolers in the trilingual province of South Tyrol, northern Italy. A wide range of topics pertaining to multicompetence building and the special affordances of multilingual pedagogy are explored. Key concepts like language proficiency, native-speakerism, or monolingual classroom bias are subjected to critical analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hofer, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Hofer
, DyME Research Innsbruck University (Austria); Free University of Bolzano/Bozen/Bulsan (Italy).

Barbara Hofer, DyME Research Innsbruck University (Austria); Free University of Bolzano/Bozen/Bulsan (Italy).