ERIC Number: ED565349
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 72
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1570-1239
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Serbian: The Serbian Language in Education in Hungary. Regional Dossiers Series
Paulik, Anton, Comp.; Solymosi, Judit, Comp.
Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
This regional dossier aims at providing a concise description of and basic statistics on minority language education in a specific region of Europe--the territory of Magyarország (Hungary). Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the number of schools, teachers, pupils, and financial investments. Policymakers, researchers, teachers, students, and journalists may use the information provided to assess developments in European minority language schooling. Several national communities have lived in the territory of Magyarország (Hungary; hereafter: Hungary) since the foundation of the Hungarian state. The modern ethnic and linguistic composition of the population was basically established after the Ottoman occupation, with spontaneous mass migration and organised resettlement of people in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Within the Indo-European language family, the Serbian language belongs to the group of southern Slav languages. Diglossia, the parallel use of the srpskoslovenski (Old Serbian or Serbian Slavonic) language for ecclesiastic purposes and that of a spoken vernacular also used for practical written records, was characteristic from early times, also in Hungary. Today, the language used by Serbs in Hungary is almost entirely identical with the standardised literary Serbian language, although it preserved some archaic expressions and took over some words from Hungarian. This dossier consists of an introduction to Hungary, followed by six sections each dealing with a specific level of the education system. Sections eight to ten cover research, prospects, and summary statistics. A list of references and further reading is included.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages, Language Minorities, Geographic Regions, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Language Planning, Statistical Data, Bilingual Education, Language Usage, Educational Legislation, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Primary Education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education, Educational Research, Instructional Materials, Hungarian
Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. Fryske Akademy, P.O.Box 54, NL-8900 AB Ljouwert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-58-213-1414; Fax: +31-58-213-1409; e-mail: mercator@fryske-akademy.nl; Web site: http://www.mercator-research.eu
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Primary Education; Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Policymakers; Teachers; Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: Fryske Akademy (Netherlands); Province of Fryslan (Netherlands)
Authoring Institution: Fryske Akademy (Netherlands), Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning
Identifiers - Location: Hungary
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