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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Hofer, Barbara,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXI, 273 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783111106601; 9783111175782; 9783111205793; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319162; 9783111318240
• ISSN: 2190-698X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111106601
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Barbara Hofer.

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.