On the dynamics of early multilingualism : a psycholinguistic study /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hofer, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Colección:Trends in applied linguistics.
Temas:
Bilingualism in children.
Child rearing > Psychological aspects.
Child development > Psychological aspects.
Language acquisition > Psychological aspects.
Psycholinguistics.
Éducation des enfants > Aspect psychologique.
Enfants > Développement > Aspect psychologique.
Langage > Acquisition > Aspect psychologique.
Psycholinguistique.
psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Bilingualism in children
Child development > Psychological aspects
Child rearing > Psychological aspects
Language acquisition > Psychological aspects
Psycholinguistics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • I. Theoretical Background: Theoretical underpinnings in early multilingual instruction
  • 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: Experimental findings in a multilingual setting
  • 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

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