Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students

Teaching Romanian language to Hungarian ethnic minority students in Romania has been a matter of debate for a long time Some teachers and experts suggest that Romanian textbooks are inadequate and fail to meet the needs of minority students, while others argue that they are sufficient and serve...

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Main Authors: Imola Katalin Nagy, Gabriella Kovács
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Published: Scientia Publishing House 2024-11-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica
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Online Access:https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/04-590346.pdf
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description Teaching Romanian language to Hungarian ethnic minority students in Romania has been a matter of debate for a long time Some teachers and experts suggest that Romanian textbooks are inadequate and fail to meet the needs of minority students, while others argue that they are sufficient and serve the purpose of teaching the Romanian language to nonnative speakers An appropriate choice of texts can support the development of language skills and cultural understanding, while inappropriate choices can hinder them In this study, we propose to investigate the texts in a Romanian language textbook written and approved for 7th-grade Hungarian minority students regarding the adequacy of topics and vocabulary in comparison with text choices in a textbook designed for teaching Romanian as a foreign language We propose to analyse and compare the texts from the following viewpoints: use of literary and non-literary texts; adequacy of the vocabulary and text adaptation; relevance and adequacy of topics; appropriacy of texts and activities.
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spelling doaj-art-e9131d8299b44e768148f3c1561174d72025-08-20T02:00:51ZdeuScientia Publishing HouseActa Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica2067-51512068-29562024-11-01162526710.47745/ausp-2024-0016Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority StudentsImola Katalin Nagy0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6475-5187Gabriella Kovács1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0227-8618Sapientia Hungarian University of TransylvaniaSapientia Hungarian University of TransylvaniaTeaching Romanian language to Hungarian ethnic minority students in Romania has been a matter of debate for a long time Some teachers and experts suggest that Romanian textbooks are inadequate and fail to meet the needs of minority students, while others argue that they are sufficient and serve the purpose of teaching the Romanian language to nonnative speakers An appropriate choice of texts can support the development of language skills and cultural understanding, while inappropriate choices can hinder them In this study, we propose to investigate the texts in a Romanian language textbook written and approved for 7th-grade Hungarian minority students regarding the adequacy of topics and vocabulary in comparison with text choices in a textbook designed for teaching Romanian as a foreign language We propose to analyse and compare the texts from the following viewpoints: use of literary and non-literary texts; adequacy of the vocabulary and text adaptation; relevance and adequacy of topics; appropriacy of texts and activities.https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/04-590346.pdflanguage learningromanian textbookhungarian studentstext choicepedagogical adaptation
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Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica
language learning
romanian textbook
hungarian students
text choice
pedagogical adaptation
title Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students
title_full Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students
title_fullStr Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students
title_full_unstemmed Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students
title_short Text Choice Adequacy in a Romanian Language Textbook for Hungarian Minority Students
title_sort text choice adequacy in a romanian language textbook for hungarian minority students
topic language learning
romanian textbook
hungarian students
text choice
pedagogical adaptation
url https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/04-590346.pdf
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