Bilingualism, Trilingual Ism, Hybrid Language – Reflection on the Conditions for a Successful Plurilingual Education - Presentation and Case Analysis - Life Story, Longitudinal Approach

Abstract

The aim of this work is to reflect on the optimal conditions necessary for plurilingual education. A practical family case is discussed, based on a longitudinal approach spanning three generations. The issue of bilingualism and hybrid language is addressed, with a focus on the harmful effects of linguistic hybridization resulting from the absence of a reference language. What are the best conditions for a successful multilingual education? But what are also the conditions and pitfalls on the long road to a plurilingual education? There are two fundamental aspects to this: firstly, the assessment of what has been achieved in each language, in terms of bilingualism, throughout the school career, by means of school results; secondly, the assessment of the mother tongue or father tongue of reference, using the comparative method. This method has three parameters: vocabulary, semantics and morpho syntax. The Neel test by Chevrier-Müller was used for Turkish children aged 8;0 - 8;6. A longitudinal approach involving four children was employed, as it allowed us to step back in time and assess the development of each child.