L'uso veicolare delle lingue: un approccio educativo per la scuola dell'infanzia

Abstract

In this paper we want to focus on the so called vehicular use of second languages - i.e. the use of a second language in teaching knowledge in different fields -, in order to evaluate its effectiveness as an educational approach in early foreign language teaching. We will analyse the advantages of the vehicular use of languages in the perspective of teaching languages in the kindergarten school, considering in particular the parallelism between first and second language acquisition. Then, we will suggest some practical considerations to follow and implement this approach, also illustrating a concrete experience.