Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse ... - 9780367076375

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Further Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse ContextsA Mixed Methods Research in a European Border Region\nAuthor(s): Barbara Gross\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367076375, 978-0367076375\nSynopsis\nFurther Language Learning in Linguistic and Cultural Diverse Contexts deals with the interdisciplinary area of multilingual and intercultural education and the increasing interest in sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of further language learning. It presents the individual, family, scholastic, and extra-scholastic circumstances that promote or limit language learning and its outcomes among young learners of a further language.\n\nThe intertwined, dynamic interrelationship between intercultural and language learning at primary school is shown by means of the European border region South Tyrol that is characteristic for its linguistic and cultural diversity and serves to demonstrate authentic .