The significance of scientific results in efficient native language education

Abstract

According to a repeated questionnaire (2008 – 2018) research the language dialect attitude of native Hungarian teachers in Transcarpathia changed in a positive direction since the native language education reform as the result of scientific educational writings, further training. An assumed similar change can be observed concerning the language dialect attitude of their students as well, since the textbook they use conveys scientific knowledge concerning language dialects. Based on the above we assume that native Hungarian students in Transcarpathia, just like their teachers, have a more positive opinion about language dialects and we can discover similarities between the answers of the two groups, although the regional character of their language use is still not perceived by the majority of them. They consider the Hungarian speech of their motherland to be the most beautiful. Our hypothesis is that there is inconsistency in the received answers since their knowledge concerning language variants is still deficient, superficial, so many times the effect of language myths, language ideologies can be discovered in the answers.To verify/refute the above, two questionnaire surveys were conducted in 2018 with the participation of 100 teachers and 280 school students, to repeat the earlier wide scale study. Based on the results presented above it can be said that the majority of our hypotheses were verified: as the result of the additive approach a positive change can be observed in native Hungarian schools in Transcarpathia concerning the judgement of language dialects, dialect speakers. Both teachers and students consider themselves language dialect speakers in a greater proportion. The opinion of the teachers (despite my hypothesis) is although reflected in the opinions of their students, still, the professional have a harder time distancing themselves from myths related to the native language many of them got used to in the course of their studies, career. The younger generation, who learnt scientifically soundly based knowledge from the textbooks prepared for the official curriculum form class 5 of elementary school, proved to be more perceptive for the multi-normative, more open approach. Teachers try to comply with the expectations they consider exist towards them. However, due to their deficient metalinguistic knowledge, in many times it leads to discrepancies, inconsistencies between the above reports and the statistical data.