Theoretical and Methodological Basics Teaching Ukrainian in a Foreign-Language Environment: Comparative Aspect

• Authors: Romaniuk, Svitlana Zakharivna

Abstracts

EN

The article substantiates and characterizes the role of the native lan-guage in formation and development of the ethnocultural community of immigrants and their descendants in the country of settlement/birth and in its foreign environment. Theoretical and methodological principles of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign/second language by ethnic Ukrainian in the western diaspora in the second half of the XX-early XXI century. It has been found out that this process takes place under the influence of the official/state language). It has been established that in these coun-tries, ethnic Ukrainians have formed a system of teaching the Ukrainian language, starting with kindergarten/room and finishing with universi-ties. Language acquisition begins with the development of oral speech (preference is given to formation of communicative competencies of pupils/students), then pupils learn to read and write and gradually ac-quire a knowledge of its basic linguistic concepts and categories and master the skills of their practical use. The main goal of the native lan-guage education of Ukrainians in the diaspora is to ensure free posses-sion of the younger generations of foreign Ukrainians in all vital situa-tions, in communication with Ukrainians on all continents of the planet. It is established that the foundations of Ukrainian lingvodidactics in the mid-40's of the twentieth century was laid by the Canadian teacher Illia Shklianka. His ideas found continuation in scientific works, text-books and pedagogical activity of Maria Deiko, Yar Slavutych, Roma Franko, Bohdan Shkandrii and other educators of the Western Ukra-inian diaspora. Today they are fruitfully developed by Romana Bedriy, Olenka Bilash, Maria Savdyk, employees of the Ukrainian Language Center of Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, other educational and scientific institutions and establishments where Ukrainian language is studied. The main goal of their activity is to create an appropriate language environment for children, pupils and students who learn Ukrainian by means of modern methods and tech-nologies, innovative educational resources, including those made in Ukraine.

Keywords

EN

Ukrainian as a foreign language; educational and methodical principles of language learning; native language education of foreign Ukrainians; foreign-language environment; innovative methods; technologies; educational resources

• Publisher: Gdańska Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczna
• Journal: Studia Gdańskie. Wizje i rzeczywistość
• Year: 2019
• Volume: XVI
• Pages: 135-150

Dates

published

2020-06-29

Contributors

author

Romaniuk, Svitlana Zakharivna

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.2518