Leggere per custodire: la lettura a sostegno della diversità linguistico-culturale a scuola

Abstract

The practice of reading aloud and in groups using the variety of languages present in the classroom constitutes, as illustrated below, a multifunctional and multilevel activity. Reading, moreover, is the ideal place to cultivate and refine language skills, both in terms of language learning in general, and of preserving mother tongues in particular. Building on these premises, this contribution focuses on the multiple roles that reading plays in enhancing cultural-linguistic diversity and the mother tongue at school, in relation to the processes of reception and linguistic, scholastic and socio-cultural inclusion of pupils of immigrant origin, with particular reference to the Florentine experience.