<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article focuses on children who cannot speak the language of the majority when they enter the school system. It recommends that the term child speakers of other languages should be adopted in Slovakia. Various approaches and types of support used in other European countries (Germany, Denmark, Czechia) are presented. These could be adopted nationally to integrate these children in school. The legal situation and current situation in preschools and primary school is also explored. The article outlines potential forms of support for preschool children and their families that require little in the way of additional funding and human resources.</p></abstract>

This article focuses on children who cannot speak the language of the majority when they enter the school system. It recommends that the term child speakers of other languages should be adopted in Slovakia. Various approaches and types of support used in other European countries (Germany, Denmark, Czechia) are presented. These could be adopted nationally to integrate these children in school. The legal situation and current situation in preschools and primary school is also explored. The article outlines potential forms of support for preschool children and their families that require little in the way of additional funding and human resources.

On a shoestring: child speakers of other languages in Slovak education

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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This article focuses on children who cannot speak the language of the majority when they enter the school system. It recommends that the term child speakers of...

On a shoestring: child speakers of other languages in Slovak education

Data publikacji: 11 lis 2020

Zakres stron: 95 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2020-0006

Słowa kluczowe
child speakers of other languages, preschool, preschool education, strategies for working with child speakers of other languages

© 2020 Zuzana Bánovčanová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

On a shoestring: child speakers of other languages in Slovak education

Data publikacji: 11 lis 2020

Zakres stron: 95 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2020-0006

Słowa kluczowechild speakers of other languages, preschool, preschool education, strategies for working with child speakers of other languages

© 2020 Zuzana Bánovčanová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
child speakers of other languages, preschool, preschool education, strategies for working with child speakers of other languages