Antonella Sorace
XIV Settimana Della Lingua Italiana Nel Mondo
This year the World Italian Language Week (Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo), has been chosen by the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale to promote the Italian Language throughout the world focusing on the theme: Scrivere la nuova Europa: editoria italiana, autori e lettori nell’era digitale.
Minority languages, regardless of their status, prestige, and worldwide diffusion, provide opportunities for raising children bilingual and give them a range of linguistic and cognitive benefits. Equally, child bilingualism is essential to the inter-generational transmission of these languages, and in some cases to their very prospect of survival. However, language learning is not regarded as important in the UK, and there are many old (and some new) misconceptions about what it means for a child to grow up with two languages. I will first illustrate the main facts and benefits of language learning, and then show the importance of disseminating correct information in minority language communities.
Antonella Sorace is Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. She is a world leading authority in the field of bilingual language development across the lifespan, where she brings together methods from linguistics, experimental psychology, and cognitive science. She is also committed to disseminating the findings of research on bilingualism in different sectors of society. She is the founding director of the information centre Bilingualism Matters, which will soon have 14 branches all over Europe.
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