Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- Preface -- I. Theoretical Background -- 1. An Introduction to Multilingualism -- 2. The representation of language in the mind -- 3. Language processing -- 4. Developmental models of second and third language learning -- 5. Memory, monitoring and fluency -- 6. Multiple language acquisition in children -- 7. Multilingual proficiency -- 8. Multilingual learning in the classroom -- 9. Multilingual awareness -- II. A South Tyrol case study -- 10. The aim of the study -- 11. Historical background -- 12. The sociolinguistic context: Language education in a bi/trilingual community -- 13. Multilingual educational programmes In South Tyrol -- 14. Research questions and hypotheses -- 15. Participants -- 16. Theoretical and methodological framework and study design -- 17. Data collection procedure and test administration -- 18. Scoring -- 19. Analysis and results -- 20. Some of the things multilingual children do -- 21. Reconceptualising language learning and teaching in South Tyrol. Final recommendations. -- 22. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index