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 year
2 hours a week II year
3 hours a week III year
3 hours a week IV year
3 hours a week V year
Trentino
Foreign Languages education
in Trentino Primary Schools (6-10 years)
LP 11/1997; LP 5/2006
2 FL in primary and secondary schools.
I FL German: 2 hours a week I year
3 hours a week II year
3 hours a week III year
3 hours a week IV year
3 hours a week V year
II FL:
2 hours a week III year
2 hours a week IV year
2 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 Experiences
2011
• 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 ladin
At 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 linguistiche
www.minoranzelinguistiche.provincia.tn.it