HEREDITARY LANGUAGES OF THE NEW GENERATIONS
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No special prerequisites are required.
The exam consists of two parts:
1) A short written essay or powerpoint on an individually assigned short paper. The written essay (of up to 5 pages) or powerpoint (of up to 15 slides) must be sent by email to the lecturer by the registration deadline for the exam, and their evaluation will be part of the overall assessment.
2) An oral exam
The purpose of the course is to introduce the concept of “heritage languages” in the Italian school context with the presence of pupils with migrant background. To frame the phenomenon, theoretical studies on bilingualism will be discussed and environmental conditions and elements of language policy that influence competence in heritage languages will be presented. Students will be asked to make a critical analysis of the articles presented during the lectures concerning the inclusion of first- and second-generation learners and their identity aspects. Finally, methodological insights and working proposals will be presented in order to plan teaching interventions in the classroom.
1) What are heritage languages, and who are the speakers of heritage languages?
2) Terminological and theoretical observations
3) Bilingual development of heritage language speakers
4) Main outcomes of bilingual acquisition in a heritage context
5) Factors and causes underlying divergence
6) Overview of linguistic change phenomena (phonetic-phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic levels)
7) Students with a migration background in Italy: data on presence and academic performance
8) Language policy and linguistic rights
9) Multilingual classroom in Italy: analyzing the challenges of learning languages
10) Projects for the promotion of multilingualism in Italian schools: objectives and activities
Lectures
Office hours: by appointment only (write an email to alessandra.barotto@uninsubria.it)