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

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 prim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hofer, Barbara (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]
Series:Language contact and bilingualism ; 27
Subjects:
Table of 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