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SUMMARY:The Role of Metalinguistic Awareness in Multilingual Learning and 
 Teaching - Professor Ulrike Jessner-Schmid\, University of Innsbruck
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DESCRIPTION:In research on third language acquisition and multilingualism 
 metalinguistic awareness has been discussed in a number of studies on meta
 linguistic awareness as a cognitive advantage. In the Dynamic Model of Mul
 tilingualism (Herdina & Jessner 2002) it features as an emergent property 
 and core component of the so-called M(ultilingualism)-Factor\, that is in 
 contrast to bi- and monolingual learners multilingual learners develop new
 \, emergent skills and abilities comprising enhanced meta- and cross-lingu
 istic awareness\, heightened monitor functions and special language learni
 ng\, language management and language maintenance skills as a function of 
 their multilingualism. \nIn a number of studies of the DyME (Dynamics of M
 ultilingualism with English) – group at Innsbruck University the role of
  multilingual awareness in a variety of language learning scenarios rangin
 g from kindergarten to secondary schools in Austria and Italy (South Tyrol
 ) has been focused on. It has been evidenced that language experience matt
 ers in both multilingual learning and teaching. \n\nULRIKE JESSNER is Prof
 essor at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and the University of Panno
 nia\, Veszprem (Hungary) where she acts as Founding Member of the Internat
 ional Doctoral School of Multilingualism. She has published widely in the 
 field of multilingualism with a special focus on the acquisition of Englis
 h in multilingual contexts. She has been engaged in the development of the
  research area of third language acquisition/multilingualism as a Founding
  Member and President of the International Association of Multilingualism.
  \n\n
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