In the last five years, new options for learning the Slovene language in schools have been realized in the counties of Varaždin and Medžimurje. The article deals with legal options concerning the regulation of the status of Slovene language in Croatia, with the implementation of options of learning Slovene in the counties of Varaždin and Medžimurje, as well as with results of research studies on learning Slovene, performed amongst students of two secondary schools and their parents. According to the results, students and parents have a positive attitude towards learning Slovene. Command of Slovene is especially important for them, in terms of better chances for schooling and employment in Slovenia. It also turned out that there are few members of the Slovene minority amongst pupils learning Slovene.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13583693
The paper presents the first part of the study within the research project Opportunities and possibilities of preservation and revitalization of the Slovene language among the Slovene minority community in the neighbouring states, which aims to analyse the situation in Benečija. In the era of global processes, European integrational processes, more favourable and sound legal bases (protection laws) and especially because of bilingual schooling, we assume that in the province of Udine there are the premises for linguistic revitalisation and de-assimilation of younger generations, including the intergenerational transmission of language and/or study of Slovene among the generations where this transmission has been interrupted. The paper introduces the first results of the study which aims to analyse the intergenerational transmission of the Slovene language, the reasons why parents have chosen bilingual schools and their expectations about bilingual schooling. A combination of qualitative and quantitative data has been analysed. Available data concerning Slovenes in Italy has been reviewed. Special stress has been put on data regarding the areas of Udine/Videm and Benečija. In the empirical part, qualitative data has been collected with interviews among parents of children attending the bilingual school in the school year 2016/17. On the basis of the answers, it can be presumed that in the previous generation the intergenerational transmission of Slovene language was often interrupted as schooling started, more exactly nursery school, which marked the transition to Italian. Consequently, bilingual schooling represents an important achievement for the Slovene population of the province of Udine. However, bilingual schooling itself cannot guarantee language preservation and revitalisation. There is the need of more support by means of language planning and policies. It has to be highlighted that all these processes are going on in an environment that is increasingly open and favourable for the Slovene language and bilingualism.
COBISS.SI-ID: 66324066
The article is based on the analysis of expert literature, minority press, archive documentation and field research; it brings a survey of the presence of the Slovene language in the Porabje/Raba region counties after the Second world war, including a survey of the population’s needs of the use of Slovene language in the Church. In the past, the Catholic Church represented an important domain of the use of the Porabje/Raba region dialect.However, due to historical situation, the Porabje/Raba region dialect/Slovene language was ousted from the Church. In recent period the presence of the Slovene in the Porabje/Raba region religious life is limited. There has been no regular Slovene priest there since 2010. The present priest is striving for at least a partial presence of the Slovene in religious service, also once a month Slovene masses are given in Porabje/Raba region by priests from Prekmurje. However, only a Slovene priest in regular everyday communication with believers could revive and promote the important role of the Church in preservation of the Slovene language in the Porabje/Raba region
COBISS.SI-ID: 13572941