Il plurilinguismo nelle politiche linguistiche italiane: Il caso di Bologna

This contribution aims to illustrate the application of European language policies in favour of multilingualism in the Italian context, taking as an example the case of the metropolitan city of Bologna. This is a particularly virtuous case, considering that it is the urban area with the highest concentration of people of foreign nationality in Italy. The contribution is divided into three parts: in the first part social and educational advantages of multilingualism are presented, then it is provided a delineation of European language policies and their reception by Italian institutions, whereas the final part describes some examples of good practices of multilingual education experimented in the metropolitan area of Bologna.