DOI: http://doi.org/10.26883/2010.211.3175

УПОТРЕБА НА РОДЕН ЕЗИК В ЧУЖДОЕЗИКОВОТО ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЕ

Екатерина Неделчева Софрониева, Христина Николаева Белева
Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ФНОИ, София

USE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERACTION

Ekaterina Nedelcheva Sofronieva, Christina Nikolaeva Beleva
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Educational Studies and the Arts, Sofia

Abstract: The article offers a brief historical overview of some of the main methods in foreign language teaching and focuses on the use of the native language in their application. A modern study conducted among children from nursery schools in Bulgaria shows that when language education is carried out only in the target language, children also use only this  language in their language interactions and vice versa. Some of the research findings are that 42.2 percent of the children whose teachers communicate with them in both languages, also make use of Bulgarian when trying to convey meanings and messages in English language. In general, children’s comprehension skills are better developed than their English speaking skills. In conclusion, the research results show that at the present stage, the offered foreign language education of children in nursery schools as entertaining as it may be, is not effective enough. Working methods and well-established approaches should be applied in early foreign language education of children in order to develop their skills to communicate in a new language.

Keywords: foreign language education, teaching methods, use of the mother tongue.

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(Endnotes)

1. Council conclusions on the role of education and training in the implementation of the ‘Europe 2020’
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2. Council conclusions on the role of education and training in the implementation of the ‘Europe 2020’
strategy. – Official Journal of the European Union (2011/C 70/01), http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/
LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ :C:2011:070:0001:0003:EN:PDF

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