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<p>Our study aimed to assess the level of reading comprehension, one of the cornerstones of education of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, and to answer the research question of what kind of deficits need to be addressed in the development of reading comprehension. The research was conducted with the participation of students from primary schools with Hungarian as the language of instruction in Slovakia. In our study, we shed light on the problems found in cognitive reasoning, accurate interpretation of information and complex reading comprehension. The extent to which the development of new cognitive schemata caused problems for the studied groups was also investigated. In several cases, the responses were not based on textual information, but only on the respondents’ existing schemas. The results also show that it was a problem for the learners to answer both the multiple-choice questions and the open-ended and explanatory questions.</p>
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Our study aimed to assess the level of reading comprehension, one of the cornerstones of education of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, and to answer the research question of what kind of deficits need to be addressed in the development of reading comprehension. The research was conducted with the participation of students from primary schools with Hungarian as the language of instruction in Slovakia. In our study, we shed light on the problems found in cognitive reasoning, accurate interpretation of information and complex reading comprehension. The extent to which the development of new cognitive schemata caused problems for the studied groups was also investigated. In several cases, the responses were not based on textual information, but only on the respondents’ existing schemas. The results also show that it was a problem for the learners to answer both the multiple-choice questions and the open-ended and explanatory questions.

Difficulties in Reading Comprehension of Hungarian Primary School Students in Slovakia

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Hungarian Studies Yearbook

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Our study aimed to assess the level of reading comprehension, one of the cornerstones of education of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, and to answer the...

Difficulties in Reading Comprehension of Hungarian Primary School Students in Slovakia

Published Online: Dec 23, 2021

Page range: 78 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hsy-2021-0006

Keywords
reading comprehension, deficits, primary school, Hungarian minority in Slovakia, suggestions

© 2021 Viktória Gergelyová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Difficulties in Reading Comprehension of Hungarian Primary School Students in Slovakia

Published Online: Dec 23, 2021

Page range: 78 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hsy-2021-0006

Keywordsreading comprehension, deficits, primary school, Hungarian minority in Slovakia, suggestions

© 2021 Viktória Gergelyová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
reading comprehension, deficits, primary school, Hungarian minority in Slovakia, suggestions