A Multilingual Development Framework for Young Learners : Early Multi-Competence in South Tyrol / Barbara Hofer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hofer, Barbara, Author.

Series:

Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] Series

Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 2190-698X ; 27

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXI, 273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Preface

Structure of the book

Contents

Introduction: Terminological and conceptual clarifications

Part I

Chapter 1. Multilingual is as multilingual does

Chapter 2. Multilingualism: Problem, right or resource?

Chapter 3. Monolingual native speaker vs multilingual norms

Chapter 4. Rehabilitating Babel – Cultivating a multilingual learning ecology

Chapter 5. Widening perspectives: Applying CDS Thinking to multilingual competence building

Chapter 6. The impact of complex factor bundles on the multilingual system

Part II

Chapter 7. The study

Chapter 8. Results

Chapter 9. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-11-110660-8

OCLC:

1371573709