A Multilingual Development Framework for Young Learners

Early Multi-Competence in South Tyrol

von Barbara Hofer

273 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]
• ISBN: 9783111104652
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.03.2023
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton