Foreign Language Teaching in the Dynamics of Curricular Changes in Pre-Primary and Primary Education in Slovakia

Abstract

The paper focuses on the issue of foreign language teaching in primary and pre-primary education. The research analysed the national concept of promoting foreign language education in Slovakia since the 1990s. The methodology was based on a content analysis of curriculum documents and their accompanying methodological materials. The research tool allowed us to define and describe the indicators in the diachronic aspect in terms of the main objectives, forms, methods and content of foreign language teaching. The article presents the results of analysis of documents on teaching foreign languages in primary and pre-primary education in Slovak conditions. They provide the basis for the possibilities of solving the current state of centrally institutionalised foreign language teaching regarding the interests and needs of the target groups. The discussion discursively confronts the current challenges and trends of foreign language teaching in national conditions.