Tanárképzés és kétnyelvű közoktatás

This­ study­ presents­ the­ trends­ in­ bilingual­ education­ in­ Slovenia´s­ Prekmurje region ­in­ the­ last­ five­ years.­ It­ focuses­ on­ parallel­ bilingual­ teaching­ of­ reading­ and writing­ in­ minority­ Hungarian­ and­ majority­ Slovenian language­ primary­ schools­ of the­ region­ (the­ method­ in­ Slovenian­ is­ referred­ to­ as­ HOP),­ and­ on­ the­ partial external­ differentiation­ of­ secondary­ schools­ –­ the­ latter­ concerns­ teaching­ of Hungarian­ as­ as­ a­ second­ language.­ These­ changes­ have­ a­ major­ impact­ on­ the education­ programmes­ of­ the­ Hungarian­ Language­ and­ Literature­ Department (Faculty­ of­ Arts)­ of­ the­ University­ of­ Maribor­ for­ being­ Slovenia´s­ only­ higher education­ institution­ with­ Hungarian­ as­ the­ language­ of­ instruction.­ As­ such,­ it must­ follow­ changes­ concerning­ Hungarian­ teacher­ training­ and­ adapt­ itself­ to new challenges.­ The­ study­ also­ points­ at­ anomalies­ manifested­ in­ the­ interactions of­ Hungarian­ (special­ purpose)­ language­ competencies­ of­ those­ participating­ in the­ teacher­ training­ process­ conducted­ in­ the­ Slovenian­ language,­ and­ that­ of preschool­ teachers,­ teachers­ in­ primary­ and­ secondary­ schools­ with­ other­ than Hungarian-language­ specialization­ who­ participate­ in­ the­ region's­ bilingual­ public education.­ Innovations,­ if­ consistently­ implemented,­ make­ bilingual­ education and­ contents­ of­ attitude­ toward­ the­ Hungarian­ language­ and­ culture­ more efficient­ and­ student-friendly,­ both­ for­ the­ minority­ and­ the­ majority.