Heritage and School Language Literacy Development in Migrant Children ─ Interdependence or Independence?

This book discusses literacy development in heritage language speakers and presents the results of quantitative studies that investigate the transfer of literacy skills in bi- and multilingual language development. Theoretical assumptions are put to the test and assumptions on bilingual education are questioned based on the data and results.

Raphael Berthele is Professor of Multilingualism at the University of Fribourg. He directs the MA programme in multilingualism studies and co-founded the Fribourg Institute of Multilingualism in 2008. His research interests cover different areas, from cognitive to social aspects of multilingualism. Amelia Lambelet is Senior Researcher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her research interests include individual differences in foreign language learning, receptive multilingualism and heritage speakers' language development.