On the Dynamics of Early Multilingualism: A Psycholinguistic Study

Barbara Hofer

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

On the Dynamics of Early Multilingualism

A Psycholinguistic Study

Barbara Hofer

Volume 13 in the series Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614518679

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Contents

About this book

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 an early age carries positive implications for children's linguistic, metalinguistic, and crosslinguistic awareness.

Author / Editor information

Barbara Hofer, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
List of figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiv
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvi
I. Theoretical Background
1. An Introduction to Multilingualism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The representation of language in the mind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3. Language processing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
4. Developmental models of second and third language learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5. Memory, monitoring and fluency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
6. Multiple language acquisition in children Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
7. Multilingual proficiency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
8. Multilingual learning in the classroom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
9. Multilingual awareness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
II. A South Tyrol case study
10. The aim of the study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
11. Historical background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
12. The sociolinguistic context: Language education in a bi/trilingual community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
13. Multilingual educational programmes In South Tyrol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
14. Research questions and hypotheses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
15. Participants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
16. Theoretical and methodological framework and study design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
17. Data collection procedure and test administration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
18. Scoring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
19. Analysis and results Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
20. Some of the things multilingual children do Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
21. Reconceptualising language learning and teaching in South Tyrol. Final recommendations. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
22. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Students and Researchers in SLA, TLA, and Multilingualism.
Pages
- Front matter: 22
- Main content: 233
Keywords: Multilingualism; Language Acquisition; SLA; TLA

eBook

Published: July 1, 2015
ISBN: 9781614518679

Hardcover

Published: June 12, 2015
ISBN: 9781614518747

Paperback

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9781501515903