Discourse Competences: Perspectives on Learning at the Primary and Secondary School

Project duration: 2008-2009

Code: FNR/07/MA6/2

Abstract

This project brings together recent perspectives on discourse competence in its development in interaction. One perspective focuses on the narrow analysis of French L2 and its conditions of/for development at the lower lever of secondary in a German speaking part of Luxembourg (Corpus CODI); the second perspective is concerned with an appropriate framework for analyzing the development of discourse competence in
plurilingual learning setting at the level of Primary school in Luxembourg, involving German (written) and Luxembourgish as at stake with other languages (Protuguese) in learning. This project is conducted within the larger framework of the research cooperation of CODI-Network (Discourse competences in interaction; Universities of  Southern Denmark, Newcastle/Tyne, Bielefeld, Modena, Neuchâtel).

The FNR is funding this project.