TRANSCARPATHIAN EDUCATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF DIALECT ATTITUDE

Most of the pupils who go to school speak the language version they have learned at home and only during the teaching process acquire the standard version of the spoken language. That is why it is extremely important that any negative, unpleasant experience should not be connected to the primary language version, as the only basis, building onwhich, mother tongue teaching can be effective. In our study, based on the data from a repeated questionnaire collection, we would like to illustrate what do the teachers of the Transcarpathian secondary schools with the Hungarian language of instruction think about the non-standard versions and theirs speakers. In 2008, 150 teachers responded to the questions about a language and dialect attitude, and in 2018, the same questionnaire was completed by 100 colleagues online or on paper basis. In the study, we used the SPSS statistical processing program, so it turns out whether there has been a significant change in the perception of dialects in the last 10 years in the studied community. After all, the teaching of Hungarian as a mother tongue was reformed during this period, and the curriculum also gave priority to the issue of mother tongue’ version and communication competence. Based on the partial results of the repeated study, we can state that in the past 10 years the opinion of Transcarpathian teachers of secondary schools with the Hungarian language of instruction has changed in a positive direction.There was a higher proportion of responses suggesting an additive approach mediated by the formal curriculum than in 2008. Nevertheless, the explanatory answers received in addition to the more positive statistics still show a trace of the previous approach: the linguistic and dialectal consciousness of the majority of the respondents is far from definite and confident.There are a number of stereotypes in seemingly benign but rather forgiving writings that take longer to undress.However, it is clear that the reform of mother tongue education has an impact, even a positive one. In order to be even more effective, the mother-tongue education in Transcarpathia must follow this way. Therefore, it is important that teachers who teach in both Ukrainian and minority languages show a definite and objective attitude towards their pupils in addition to/despite the changing mother tongue curricula and inconsistent textbooks that do not meet local needs.