Interview uncovers challenges and benefits of multilingual education in South Tyrol's Ladin school system, highlighting its role in language preservation.
The Ladin school system in South Tyrol is a distinctive model of multilingual education, in which German and Italian are used as equal languages of instruction alongside Ladin as a minority language. In this interview, linguist and teacher Maximilian Oberhollenzer explains how the system works in practice, what challenges it faces, and why schooling plays a crucial role in the preservation of Ladin.
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