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SMS

One School, Many Languages

    How is the potential of multilingualism perceived and exploited in South Tyrolean schools? How can schools go beyond their usual monolingual practice to better cope with the challenges of a multilingual and multicultural society?
    The SMS initiative aims at assessing the degree of multilingualism present in South Tyrolean schools, as well as analysing how it is perceived and managed, both by the teaching staff and the pupils. The resulting data and analyses will be used to draft guidelines and produce supporting material for an adequate promotion of language competences in growingly heterogeneous school classes. Particular attention will be given to children whose native language differs from the language of instruction, as a means of fostering the linguistic and intercultural competences of all pupils (which might in future enhance their chances of success in further education and on the job market) . The main focus of the project consists in fostering language awareness and consciousness and at the same time establishing multilingualism as an educational target.

    Publications
    Leonide: A longitudinal trilingual corpus of young learners of Italian, German and English
    Glaznieks A, Frey JC, Stopfner M, Zanasi L, Nicolas L (2022)
    John Benjamins Publishing Company
    Journal article
    International Journal of Learner Corpus Research

    More information: https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.21004.gla

    https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.21004.gla

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/22888

    Plurilinguismo: nuovi scenari teorici e didattici
    Zanasi L (2021)
    Journal issue (editorship)
    Lingua e Nuova Didattica - LEND

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18054

    Workshop interattivi per esplorare la diversità linguistica (divertendosi)
    Colombo S (2021)
    Journal article
    Lingua e Nuova Didattica - LEND

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18473

    Diversità linguistica on tour: la mostra itinerante e interattiva del progetto “SMS - A lezione con più lingue”
    Colombo S (2021)
    Journal article
    Lingua e Nuova Didattica - LEND

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18488

    One School, Many Languages: A longitudinal study on the development of plurilingual competences in lower secondary school
    Stopfner M (2021)
    Journal article
    Lingua e Nuova Didattica - LEND

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19053

    Sprachenvielfalt in der Mittelschule: Ergebnisse einer Langzeitstudie zur Entwicklung mehrsprachiger Kompetenzen in Südtirol
    Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2021)
    Report

    More information: https://sms-project.eurac.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SMS ...

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19092

    Diversità linguistica nella scuola secondaria di 1° grado: Risultati di uno studio longitudinale sullo sviluppo delle competenze plurilingui in Alto Adige
    Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2021)
    Bolzano: Eurac Research
    Report

    More information: https://sms-project.eurac.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SMS ...

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19093

    Practical tools for a pluralistic approach: "knowledge of" and "attitudes towards" multilingualism in the classroom
    Colombo S, Barrett J, Engel D (2020)
    Journal article
    Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14832

    Materiali didattici per insegnanti nell'ambito del progetto "A lezione con più lingue" SMS
    Colombo S., Engel D., Reimelt J. (2019)
    Teaching Material
    Le lingue in Italia/ Sprachen in Italien
    Colombo S (2019)
    Teaching Material
    Pregiudizi ricorrenti sugli alunni con background migratorio
    Colombo S (2019)
    Internet

    More information: http://sms-project.eurac.edu/common-misconceptions-about-stu ...

    Sprachenvielfalt in der Mittelschule: Ergebnisse einer Langzeitstudie zur Entwicklung mehrsprachiger Kompetenzen
    Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Bozen/Bolzano: Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol
    Report
    Diversità linguistica in Italia
    Colombo S, Barrett J (2019)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Languages week at the Middle School C.Wolf (Meran) | Meran | 18.3.2019 - 22.3.2019

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12422

    Sprachenvielfalt in Europa
    Colombo S, Barrett J (2019)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Languages week at the Middle School C.Wolf (Meran) | Meran | 18.3.2019 - 22.3.2019

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12352

    Sprachenvielfalt in der Mittelschule: Ergebnisse einer Langzeitstudie zur Entwicklung mehrsprachiger Kompetenzen
    Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Bolzano: Eurac Research
    Report

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19267

    Communicative Competence in the Context of Increasing Diversity in South Tyrolean Schools
    Engel D, Stopfner M (2019)
    Contribution in book
    International Research on Multilingualism: Breaking with the Monolingual Perspective

    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21380-0_5

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11460

    Projektbericht "Sprachenvielfalt macht Schule" 2012-2018
    Relazione conclusiva del progetto “A lezione con più lingue” 2012-2018
    Abel A, Barret J, Colombo S, Engel D, Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Bolzano / Bozen: Eurac
    Report

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19281

    Sprachenvielfalt in der Mittelschule: Ergebnisse einer Langzeitstudie zur Entwicklung mehrsprachiger Kompetenzen
    Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Sprachenvielfalt macht Schule - Studienergebnisse | Bolzano | 27.11.2019 - 27.11.2019

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14734

    Language diversity - in the world and in front of our doorstep (Workshop)
    Colombo S, Engel D, Barrett J (2019)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: The Big Picture| Repertori Linguistici – Mehrsprachigkeit mal anders | Bolzano/Bozen : 16.5.2019 - 17.5.2019

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12307

    Didactic materials to promote and manage the new multilingualism in increasingly diverse societies
    Colombo S, Engel D, Barrett J (2019)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Congresso AItLA 2019 | Cagliari | 21.2.2019 - 23.2.2019

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/12427

    A lezione con più lingue (SMS): materiali didattici per insegnanti
    Colombo S, Engel D, Reimelt J (2019)
    Teaching Material

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11293

    Diversità linguistica? Sì, ma come e quale?
    Colombo S (2019)
    Internet

    More information: https://sms-project.eurac.edu/diversita-linguistica-si-ma-co ...

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15244

    „The game of languages“: language awareness in play for the future development of South Tyrolian schools
    Colombo S, Barrett J, Engel D (2019)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: International Conference on Bilingual Education | Cordoba | 12.11.2019 - 15.11.2019

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15023

    Mehrsprachigkeit und Diversität in Südtirols Schulen
    Abel A, Barrett J, Bergonzi V, Colombo S, Dalvit F, Diodoro O, Engel D, Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Internet

    More information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YXvMZkzhmI

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16418

    Multilingualism and diversity in South Tyrol´s schools
    Abel A, Barrett J, Bergonzi V, Colombo S, Dalvit F, Diodoro O, Engel D, Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Internet

    More information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83y1qoh2KSY

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16419

    Plurilinguismo e diversità nelle scuole dell’Alto Adige
    Abel A, Barrett J, Bergonzi V, Colombo S, Dalvit F, Diodoro O, Engel D, Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2019)
    Internet

    More information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS8FxxOTlAE

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15135

    Materiale di supporto alla mostra itinerante "Plurilinguismo: dal mondo a casa nostra"
    (2018)
    Teaching Material
    Projektbericht „Sprachenvielfalt macht Schule“ Jänner – Dezember 2017 / Relazione interinale del progetto “A lezione con più lingue” Gennaio – Dicembre 2017
    Abel A, Barrett J, Colombo S, Engel D, Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2018)
    Report
    Promoting Multilingual Awareness in South Tyrol's schools: the success of a travelling exhibition on linguistic diversity
    Colombo S (2018)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: 14th ALA Conference| towards language aware Citizenship | Amsterdam : 4.7.2018 - 7.7.2018

    Sprachstandserhebung in mehrsprachigen Klassen
    Stopfner M (2018)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Pädagogischer Tag des Schulsprengels Bozen-Europa | Bolzano | 6.11.2017 - 6.11.2017

    Empowering families: Introducing an app for talking about languages and emotions at home
    Engel D, Colombo S, Stopfner M, de Smedt H (2018)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: ELE 2018 | Stockholm | 18.6.2018 - 20.6.2018

    Neue Formen der Mehrsprachigkeit in Südtirol
    Colombo S, Stopfner M (2018)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Ringvorlesung Umgang mit Vielfalt| Heterogenität in der Schule | Regensburg : 6.2.2018 - 6.2.2018

    Language policy of plurilingual families in South Tyrol and the question of identity
    Colombo S, Stopfner M (2018)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: 4th LRI Workshop for young academics "Language Policy - Language Use - Language Standard" | Meran | 7.6.2018 - 8.6.2018

    One school, many languages: Unlocking the potential of multilingual realities in class
    Engel D, Stopfner M, Abel A, Barrett J, Colombo S, Zanasi L (2018)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: ECER 2018 | Bolzano | 4.9.2018 - 7.9.2018

    Supporting materials for the exhibition “Languages: on our doorstep and around the world”
    Barrett J, Colombo S, Engel D, Frankenfeld C (2018)
    Teaching Material

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19205

    European Language Label 2018 for innovative projects in language teaching and learning: SMS "Sprachenvielfalt macht Schule/ A lezione con più lingue"
    Abel A, Barrett J, Colombo S, Engel D, Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2018)
    Other contribution

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19622

    Rilevare, osservare, consultare. Metodi e strumenti per l’analisi del plurilinguismo nella scuola secondaria di primo grado
    Zanasi L, Stopfner M (2017)
    Venice
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: IV Congresso DILLE “La didattica delle lingue nel nuovo millennio| le sfide dell’internazionalizzazione” | Venezia : 2.2.2017 - 4.2.2017

    Schwierige Familienverhältnisse? Europas Sprachen und ihre Verwandtschaften
    Stopfner M (2017)
    Bolzano/Bozen
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Workshop for EURAC Junior | Bolzano / Bozen | 28.3.2017 - 28.3.2017

    Sprachstandsdiagnostik in mehrsprachigen Klassen - Rilevare le competenze linguistiche in classi plurilingui
    Stopfner M, Zanasi L (2017)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Multiblickweek 2 - Diversitätsbewusste Bildung, interkultureller Dialog, Sprachbildung, Mehrsprachigkeit | Bolzano | 20.11.2017 - 24.11.2017

    New Forms of Pluri- and Multilingualism in Bavaria and South Tyrol
    Ritter A, Stopfner M (2017)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Language Education across Borders | Graz | 8.12.2017 - 10.12.2017

    MERLIN: die mehrsprachige Plattform für die europäischen Referenzniveaus: Ansätze und Einsatzmöglichkeiten
    Abel A, Stopfner M (2016)
    RegensburgDA - 2016/06//
    Presentation/Speech
    Schwierige Familienverhältnisse? Europas Sprachen und ihre Verwandtschaften
    Colombo S, Stopfner M (2016)
    Bolzano/Bozen
    Presentation/Speech

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18561

    Capturing communicative competence in the context of increasing diversity in South Tyrolean schools
    Stopfner M (2016)
    Presentation/Speech

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/13859

    Hallo! Ciao! Hello! Hoi! Bok! - Communicative competence in the context of increasing diversity in South Tyrolean schools
    Stopfner M, Engel D (2016)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: 10th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition | Wien | 1.9.2016 - 3.9.2016

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/13856

    Il progetto 'A lezione con più lingue': nuovi impulsi per una didattica plurilingue in Alto Adige
    Zanasi L, Engel D, Colombo S, Abel A (2015)
    Valletta
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: XLIX Congresso internazionale di studi della SLI, Workshop GISCEL|"Temi e ricerche di didattica della lingua nell'Italia plurilingue" | Valletta : 24.9.2015 - 26.9.2015

    Il progetto “A lezione con più lingue”: nuovi impulsi per una didattica plurilingue in Alto Adige
    Zanasi L, Colombo S, Engel D (2015)
    Conference proceedings article

    Conference: XLIX Congresso internazionale di studi della SLI, Workshop GISCEL|"Temi e ricerche di didattica della lingua nell'Italia plurilingue" | Valletta : 24.9.2015 - 26.9.2015

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/17287

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