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Exploring the Dynamics of Multilingualism: The DYLAN projectEdited by Anne-Claude Berthoud, François Grin and Georges Lüdi
[Multilingualism and Diversity Management 2] 2013
► pp. 253–278
Chapter 12. Multilingual higher education between policies and practices
A case study
Daniela Veronesi | Libera Università di Bolzano
Lorenzo Spreafico | Libera Università di Bolzano
Cecilia Varcasia | Libera Università di Bolzano
Alessandro Vietti | Libera Università di Bolzano
Rita Franceschini | Libera Università di Bolzano
This paper explores multilingualism at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, an officially trilingual institution of higher education in Italy. By discussing examples of institutional communication and informal student interaction, and relating them to official language policies and social actors’ reported practices, the study aims to provide insights into how institutional trilingualism is viewed and translated into practice in the context under examination, and on how, in more general terms, linguistic diversity can be an advantage rather than a drawback in higher education.The emergence of two different models of multilingual education is discussed, showing how multilingual practices – sometimes in tension with official policies – can enhance participation and knowledge co-construction. Analyses of service encounters document the role played by social actors’ multilingual competence in accomplishing their communicative goals, while the examination of students’ informal peer-interaction highlights the impact of social networks on the development of multilingual repertories.
Published online: 17 December 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/mdm.2.12ver
https://doi.org/10.1075/mdm.2.12ver
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