Foreign Language in the First Cycle of Waldorf Primary Education – Viewpoints of Parents from Three Countries

dc.creator	Mithans Monika
dc.date	2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:05Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:05Z
dc.identifier	1855-4431
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f6406557230b41e49b2e73c78fe8d080
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10952
dc.description	This paper seeks to present the viewpoints of Slovenian, Austrian, and German parents whose children attend Waldorf primary schools, about learning foreign languages at the primary level. The first section of the paper outlines the main characteristics of learning and teaching foreign languages in Waldorf primary schools and compares the syllabus for the first foreign language in Austria, Slovenia, and Germany. Further on, the paper focuses on the results of an empirical research which involved 215 parents. The results showed that parents who could directly observe the effects of learning a foreign language in childhood were more inclined to it. They were also familiar with the benefits of learning a foreign language for a child. Also, the majority of them agreed that learning second languages was easier for children, and they did not think it had any adverse impact on the mother tongue or the child’s personality.
dc.language	Slovene
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Univerza v Mariboru
dc.relation	http://www.pef.um.si/content/Zalozba/clanki_2013_st_2-3/REI%206%20st%202-3%20cl%2005.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1855-4431
dc.source	Revija za Elementarno Izobraževanje, Vol 6, Iss 2-3, Pp 79-99 (2013)
dc.subject	learning languages at primary level
dc.subject	Waldorf pedagogy
dc.subject	parent opinion
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Foreign Language in the First Cycle of Waldorf Primary Education – Viewpoints of Parents from Three Countries
dc.type	article