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