Early Language Learning and Multilingualism: Scottish and European Perspectives

BILINGUALISM MATTERS

Languages in Primary Education.The Case of Trentino, Italy

Patrizia Cordin (University of Trento)

Edinburgh - February 4, 2013

Trentino, Italy

Part A. Italy Part B. Trentino

Foreign Languages Knowledge. 2000 – 2006 (Istat 2006)

Foreign Languages Knowledge.Regional Differences (Istat 2006)

Foreign Language Good Knowledge. Where/How (Istat 2006)

Foreign Language Learning.Where / how (Istat 2006)

National Laws for Foreign Languages Education in Primary Schools (6-10 years)

art. 2, law 53/2003: FL spoken in EU countries art. 5, law 59/2004: FL for primary school is English:

1 hour a week I year2 hours a week II year3 hours a week III year3 hours a week IV year3 hours a week V year

Trentino

Foreign Languages education in Trentino Primary Schools (6-10 years)

LP 11/1997; LP 5/20062 FL in primary and secondary schools.

I FL German: 2 hours a week I year3 hours a week II year3 hours a week III year3 hours a week IV year3 hours a week V year

II FL: 2 hours a week III year2 hours a week IV year2 hours a week V year

Content and Language Integrated Learning in Primary Schools (2012-13)

147 teachers (included 43 teachers German/English L1)

Pre-School FL Teaching Experiences2011

• 62 Kindergarten (276 total) 30 with German, 21 with English, 1 with both

• 3176 children (16000 total)

• 95 teachers

• Main projects LESI, PRISMA , ALIS

Official minority languages in Trentino

Ladin Teaching(3-10 years)

Primary school:1 hour a week ladinAt least 2 hours a week ladin as language for teaching other subjects

Kindergarten:many projects have been (and are) developed

Summary

• attention on linguistic education

• sperimentation

• linguistic training for teachers

• necessary an evaluation of the effects of the projects

Sources

IPRASE, 2012, Analisi quantitativa esperienze di insegnamento in modalità CLIL, http://www.vivoscuola.it/clil

ISTAT, 2007, La lingua italiana, i dialetti, le lingue straniere (anno 2006), Famiglia e Società, Istituto nazionale di statistica, 20 aprile 2007.

Lucietto S., Plurilinguismo e innovazione di sistema, Trento, IPRASE, 2011.

Servizio minoranze linguistichewww.minoranzelinguistiche.provincia.tn.it