Teaching Ukrainian as a Non-Native Language to National Minorities in Ukraine: Challenges for Evidence-Based Educational Policies

Autor/inn/en	Zabolotna, Oksana; Shchudlo, Svitlana; Medina, Tetiana; Panchenko, Ielyzaveta; Kozlov, Dmytro
Titel	Teaching Ukrainian as a Non-Native Language to National Minorities in Ukraine: Challenges for Evidence-Based Educational Policies
Quelle	In: Advanced Education, (2019), S.60-67 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zabolotna, Oksana) ORCID (Shchudlo, Svitlana) ORCID (Medina, Tetiana) ORCID (Panchenko, Ielyzaveta)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2409-3351
Schlagwörter	Ukrainian; Minority Group Students; Language Minorities; Teaching Methods; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Educational Legislation; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Ethnic Groups; Underachievement; Evidence Based Practice; Educational Policy; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Curriculum Design; Bilingual Education; Romance Languages; Native Language; Ukraine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachminderheit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Ethnie; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Lehrplangestaltung; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Romanische Sprache
Abstract	Underachievement among national minority group students in places of their compact residence in Ukraine makes them vulnerable to educational failure. This problem is noticeable in Chernivtsi Region of Ukraine where the multicultural character causes peculiar behaviour in politics, migration, economic and cultural activities as well as in educational strategies. Owing to the fact that in some districts (Hertsa and Novoselica) the Ukrainian Language is not the mother tongue for most residents who are ethnical Romanians and Moldavians, about 60% students fail in Independent External Testing after secondary school. This issue was taken into account in Article 7 of Ukrainian Law on Education (2017) which presupposed gradual significant growth in school subjects with Ukrainian as the language of instruction. The issue raised the research question: What approaches can be applied to teaching Ukrainian as a non-native language to national minorities in sites of their compact residence (where more than 80 % of the population speak Romanian in their everyday life)? This actualised the need for formulating evidence-based language policies in Ukraine. With the purpose of answering the need, Ukrainian Educational Research Association designed and carried out a public perception survey using in-depth interviews with high-school students and their parents, school teachers, local and regional policy-makers in education, local authorities, and national cultural societies. Based on the research, the authors give recommendations on approaches which should be used in design of curriculum and syllabus of Ukrainian as a non-native language. The authors emphasise the importance of the gradual introduction of the Ukrainian language starting from learning it as a foreign language at initial stages, with further switching to second language teaching strategies, and leading to bilingual education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. 37 Peremohy Avenue, Building 7 Office 718, Kyiv 03056, Ukraine. Tel: +38-044-204-85-37; e-mail: ae.fl.kpi@gmail.com; Web site: https://kpi.ua/en
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01