The current exploratory study aimed to offer a description of the learning skills and well-being of multilingual adolescents with Italian as L2, a population regarded as vulnerable with respect to their academic achievements and psychosocial profile. We compared the performance of L2 participants with that of their monolingual peers with and without Specific Learning Disorders on a range of tests and questionnaires to define their learning skills and well-being within the school context. Results confirm greater reading difficulties in the L2 group compared to monolingual peers with Specific Learning Disorders. This pilot study offers one of the first investigations into the learning skills and well-being of a scarcely studied population, namely L2 adolescents. Additionally, it discusses practices that can be implemented within the classroom to promote inclusion.

Bettoni, R., Vernice, M., Tironi, M., Lombardi, E., Offredi, I., Giorgetti, M., Lorusso, M. L., Sarti, D. M., Traficante, D., Learning and Well-Being in Multilingual Adolescents with Italian as L2: A Comparison with Monolingual Peers with and without a Learning Disorder, <<SUSTAINABILITY>>, 2023; 15 (5): 4381-N/A. [doi:10.3390/su15054381] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/228012]

Learning and Well-Being in Multilingual Adolescents with Italian as L2: A Comparison with Monolingual Peers with and without a Learning Disorder

Lombardi, Elisabetta;Giorgetti, Marisa;Lorusso, Maria Luisa;Sarti, Daniela Maria;Traficante, Daniela
2023

Abstract

The current exploratory study aimed to offer a description of the learning skills and well-being of multilingual adolescents with Italian as L2, a population regarded as vulnerable with respect to their academic achievements and psychosocial profile. We compared the performance of L2 participants with that of their monolingual peers with and without Specific Learning Disorders on a range of tests and questionnaires to define their learning skills and well-being within the school context. Results confirm greater reading difficulties in the L2 group compared to monolingual peers with Specific Learning Disorders. This pilot study offers one of the first investigations into the learning skills and well-being of a scarcely studied population, namely L2 adolescents. Additionally, it discusses practices that can be implemented within the classroom to promote inclusion.
2023
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Bettoni, R., Vernice, M., Tironi, M., Lombardi, E., Offredi, I., Giorgetti, M., Lorusso, M. L., Sarti, D. M., Traficante, D., Learning and Well-Being in Multilingual Adolescents with Italian as L2: A Comparison with Monolingual Peers with and without a Learning Disorder, <<SUSTAINABILITY>>, 2023; 15 (5): 4381-N/A. [doi:10.3390/su15054381] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/228012]
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