A Multilingual Development Framework for Young Learners: Early Multi-Competence in South Tyrol

Barbara Hofer

Mar 2023 · Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] Buku 27 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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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.

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