Published: 2020-12-23

Multilingualism in Germany: its potential and support in lessons of the native language

Katharina Hamann Logo ORCID , Nadja Wulff Logo ORCID , Hans-Werner Huneke Logo ORCID

Abstract

Due to ongoing immigration in the last few decades, the composition of the population in Germany has changed significantly. The country has gained new citizens and with them came also new linguistic wealth. The importance of the new migration-related linguistic diversity and how the multilingual resources can or should be developed, especially in the school context, are topics of heated debate. In the native language lessons, the pupils’ first languages should be developed and expanded into functional varieties. The aim of the present article is to show how multilingualism is promoted in the context of Russian and Polish language teaching, and what challenges and potentials this type of teaching brings with it.

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Hamann, K., Wulff, N., & Huneke, H.-W. (2020). Multilingualism in Germany: its potential and support in lessons of the native language. Wortfolge. Szyk Słów, (4), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.31261/WSS.2020.04.06

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No. 4 (2020)
Published: 2020-10-15


eISSN: 2544-4093
Ikona DOI 10.321261/WSS

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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