Blau und Grau

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Applied Linguistics
Institute for Specialised Communication and
Multilingualism
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MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH
Bilingualism Multilingualism
Specialised Communication
Language Technologies
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WHAT WE OFFER
Training/ Consulting
Research
Publications

• Books
• Conference proceedings
• Scientific articles
• Dictionaries (printed/ electronic)

• Terminology
• Specialised translation
• Electronic language resources

• Research projects
• Research networks

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Bilingualism and Multilingualism

• Approaches for linguistic diversity management
• Languages and migration
• Language proficiency assessment promotion of
  children with migration background (Multicultural
  Education on Borders)
• Analysis of the need for specialised language
  skills among immigrants to South Tyrol (LIMMI)
• Regional and minority languages
• Networking on multilingualism and language
  diversity in Europe (RML2 future)
• Electronic resources for Italian sign language
  (LODE elis)
• Language proficiency and language contact
• Analysis of second language competences of South
  Tyrolean and the sociolinguistic background
  (KOLIPSI)
• The South Tyrolean bilingualism examination in
  comparison with other language tests and
  certifications
• Second and foreign language teaching and learning
• Diversifying mother tongue" teaching in
  multilingual contexts (MARILLE)
• Language learning and new technologies (ELDIT,
  Korpus Südtirol)

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Specialised Communication

• Focus on legal language terminological
  comparison of different legal systems
• Terminology work
• Published in online databases (www.eurac.edu/bistr
  o and www.eurac.edu/LexALP)
• Terminology standardisation
• Preparatory work for the South Tyrolean
  Terminology Commission (bistro)
• Harmonisation of the terminology used by the
  Alpine Convention (LexALP)
• Dictionaries
• Italian-German legal dictionary (DIGIT)
• Dictionary of university law in Italy and Austria
  (UniTERM)
• Training courses
• Course in technical writing and computer aided
  translation (InTra III)

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• Multicultural Education on BordersLanguage
  proficiency assessment promotion of migrant
• Aims
• Reveal the linguistic behaviour and communicative
  language competences of children with migration
  background in primary schools (at 2006/2007 and
  2009/2010)
• Elaborate guidelines that support the
  decision-making process on language assessment
  and linguistic promotion
• Methods
• Combination of methods classroom observation,
  language testing, interviews,
• Partners
• Several primary and secondary schools in South
  Tyrol with German as language of instruction
• The language centres (Sprachzentren) of the
  Pedagogical Institute
• Autonomous Province of Bolzano South Tyrol

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RML2future Network for Multilingualism and
Language Diversity in Europe

• Partners
• Federal Union of European Nationalities
• German-speaking community, Belgium
• Hojskolen Ostersoen, Denmark
• Carinthian Slovenes
• Youth of European Nationalities, Netherlands
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• Objectives
• Promoting multilingualism and language diversity
  in Europe by taking into consideration regional
  and minority languages
• Using the opportunities offered by
  multilingualism in minority regions
• Bringing together people who work in the field
  (teachers at all educational levels, academics
  and policy-makers)
• Establishing a competence centre addressing
  multilingual minority regions

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Research

• RML2future
• Network for Multilingualism and Language
  Diversity in Europe
• Work packages
• Language policy
• Language planning
• Development of didactic and pedagogical ideas
• Language proficiency assessment
• Early multilingualism
• Adult education