Multilingualism and the welcoming of mother tongues of children of foreign origin in educational and school contexts

Abstract

The call for paper that preceded this Dossier was opened to academic professors and researchers and was aimed at experts, offering an opportunity to take stock of the state of the art of scientific research, studies and educational interventions related to the maintenance of languages (and with them aspects of cultures) of origin in students with a migratory background and, more generally, on the pedagogical and educational implications, in the intercultural sense, of multilingualism. In its very conception, the monographic number proposed to welcome contributions of a theoretical nature and research capable of highlighting the potential applications in the educational and educational field.