V zadnjih petih letih so se v Varaždinski in Medžimurski županiji uresničile nove možnosti učenja slovenskega jezika v šolah. V prispevku obravnavamo pravne možnosti urejanja položaja slovenščine na Hrvaškem, uresničevanje možnosti učenja slovenščine v Varaždinski in Medžimurski županiji v praksi ter izsledke raziskav, opravljenih med dijaki dveh srednjih šol in njihovimi starši o učenju slovenskega jezika. Izsledki raziskav so med drugim pokazali, da imajo dijaki in starši do učenja slovenskega jezika pozitiven odnos. Znanje slovenščine jim pomeni zlasti večje možnosti za izobraževanje oziroma zaposlitev v Sloveniji. Pokazalo pa se je tudi, da je med učenci slovenskega jezika malo pripadnikov slovenske manjšine.
This article deals with the question of importance of maintaining immigrant languages and focuses on the opportunities for immigrants in Slovenia to learn their mother tongues in school. It presents the legal and formal framework determining the scope for the development of immigrant languages within the educational system in Slovenia. It also touches upon the implementation of legal and formal provisions in practice and the attitudes of immigrants and their descendants as well as teachers toward the learning and use of immigrant languages in education. Research has shown that the desire among immigrants for the preservation of their mother tongues exists, but due to various objective and subjective reasons not much has been done so far to achieve this goal.We argue that the maintenance of immigrant languages is important and that a reconsideration of educational policy in this regard would be in place.
IZVLEČEK Pomen učenja slovenščine v okviru izobraževalnega sistema za slovensko skupnost v Varaždinski županijiAvtorica v svojem prispevku ugotavlja, da so se v šolskem sistemu na Hrvaškem možnosti za učenje slovenskega jezika izboljšale. Predstavlja načine poučevanja slovenskega jezika v Varaždinski županiji, strukturo učencev, njihove motive za učenje ter odnos učencev in staršev do slovenskega jezika. Pri spraševanju o tem, v kolikšni meri učenje slovenščine v okviru izobraževalnega sistema prispeva k ohranjanju slovenske skupnosti oziroma revitalizaciji jezika, se opira na podatke, v raziskavah zbrane s pomočjo kvantitativnih in kvalitativnih metod. Pokazalo se je, da se večina mladih, ki se slovenščino uči v šoli, opredeljuje za Hrvate, njihovo vstopno znanje jezika pa je šibko.
ABSTRACT The Importance of Learning Slovene within the Educational System for the Slovenian Community in Varaždin CountyThe opportunities for learning Slovene within the Croatian school system have improved. The paper presents the teaching of Slovene in Varaždin County, the demographic structure of the students, their reasons for learning Slovene, and the attitude of the students and their parents towards learning Slovene. The purpose is to find out to what extent the teaching of Slovene within the framework of the educational system contributes to the preservation of the Slovenian community and to the revitalisation of the language. The paper relies on data collected using quantitative and qualitative methods. The results show that the children who learn Slovene at school mostly declare themselves Croats. Their initial knowledge of Slovene is poor.
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