On the Dynamics of Early Multilingualism : : A Psycholinguistic Study / / Barbara Hofer.
This book contributes to current issues in TLA and multilingualism research. It discusses multilingual learning and development from a Dynamic Systems Theory perspective. The author argues that trilingual education does not harm or confuse young learners but that the teaching of three languages from...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of figures
- Preface
- I. Theoretical Background
- 1. An Introduction to Multilingualism
- 2. The representation of language in the mind
- 3. Language processing
- 4. Developmental models of second and third language learning
- 5. Memory, monitoring and fluency
- 6. Multiple language acquisition in children
- 7. Multilingual proficiency
- 8. Multilingual learning in the classroom
- 9. Multilingual awareness
- II. A South Tyrol case study
- 10. The aim of the study
- 11. Historical background
- 12. The sociolinguistic context: Language education in a bi/trilingual community
- 13. Multilingual educational programmes In South Tyrol
- 14. Research questions and hypotheses
- 15. Participants
- 16. Theoretical and methodological framework and study design
- 17. Data collection procedure and test administration
- 18. Scoring
- 19. Analysis and results
- 20. Some of the things multilingual children do
- 21. Reconceptualising language learning and teaching in South Tyrol. Final recommendations.
- 22. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index