Stališča staršev v Porabju do slovenskega jezika

slovenian

2017

volume 5, issue 2

Hungarian Slovenes    Hungary    Slovene 

Trojina, zavod za uporabno slovenistiko
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

According to the data acquired within the research project Attitudes of parents in the Porabje region towards the Slovene language, bi- and multi-lingualism, despite relatively favourable institutional regulation of minority language following the change of political system in Hungary after 1990, sociolinguistic variables (perception of mother tongue, self-evaluation of language command, communication) for assessing trends of dropping and preservation of the Porabje dialect/Slovene language are worsening as compared to results of the past research studies. However, it is necessary to mention that respondents' attitudes towards Slovene language are positive, the majority seeing language as an advantage in terms of professional success, as a factor of ethnic affiliation and as the language of one's neighbour. Parents consider command of Slovene language important for their children. Respondents' answers to the open question why parents don't communicate with their children in the Porabje dialect/Slovene language at home provide a convincing description of the reasons having brought about the present situation when the Porabje dialect is considered endangered. That is why with the revitalization of the Porabje dialect/Slovene language special attention will have to be dedicated to respondents - parents, among who there are only 38.8% that have a good or medium command of the Porabje dialect, and only 20,9% with good command of literary Slovene, although the majority of the respondents (64%) declared themselves as Hungarians, and only a quarter (25,4%) for Slovenians and Hungarians, and 7,5% for Slovenians. A change in the attitude towards minority languages on the part of Slovene community members can in future be due to the planned measures of the Hungarian government (modification of the high schools enrollment decree). According to the document from 2020 on only those secondary school students will be admitted to the first degree or complete university study that passed at least one language examination B2 and at least one graduation examination at the higher level. According to the Porabje weekly, it will be a privilege for minority children to be able to pass exam from their mother tongue (as foreign language) which they started learning as small children already, from kindergarten to the secondary school graduation (Sukič: 2017, 2).

14.08.2018