Plurilingüismo temprano

Abstract

This article starts with a review of the studies of the age factor in the acquisition of a second language in natural and school contexts and then analyses, from a psycho-linguistic and pedagogic point of view, the early introduction of a third language in a school context. The author presents the linguistic and attitude results of the research on an early introduction of the third language in bilingual programs and then specifies the conditions that a model of early multilingualism should fulfil.