The survey confirmed that Russian youngsters converse Latvian solely at college

The survey information had been made public at a discussion board at which representatives of the Riga municipality, the Ministry of Training and Science, and faculties mentioned how issues had been going with the transition to educating within the Latvian language.

As you already know, ranging from this faculty 12 months, college students in grades 1, 4 and seven obtain schooling within the Latvian language. In the course of the survey, dad and mom had been requested whether or not they assist their youngsters study the Latvian language. It turned out that the majority dad and mom attempt to assist in varied methods, and solely 4% of first-graders and a couple of% of fourth-graders should not have dad and mom who assist in any method.

As famous by the consultant of the corporate that performed the survey, Lauma Tuča, dad and mom primarily purposefully educate their youngsters the Latvian language, learn books in Latvian with them, however hardly ever converse Latvian with their youngsters.

12% of first-graders in these faculties and 18% of 4th-grade college students research the Latvian language with a tutor, and 12% and 11%, respectively, in passion schooling lessons, together with Latvian language golf equipment. The survey additionally confirmed that folks of first-graders have a extra optimistic angle in the direction of studying in Latvian than dad and mom of 4th-graders. When requested how the kid feels at college, the place the educating, academic course of and actions are performed in Latvian, 36% of first-graders and 23% of fogeys of fourth-graders answered that the kid is doing effectively at college.

In response to dad and mom, youngsters are greatest in a position to hearken to others converse Latvian, however essentially the most troublesome factor is to talk Latvian themselves. Dad and mom admit that youngsters are sometimes afraid to talk Latvian, afraid that they received’t succeed. Studying and writing in Latvian additionally poses difficulties. One of many dad and mom admitted that now the kid will not be mastering different tutorial topics, studying solely the Latvian language.

One of many destructive elements of the implementation of the reform, which was revealed throughout a survey of fogeys, is that a reasonably large proportion of fogeys of scholars have no idea who to contact at college if their baby has difficulties studying Latvian: this was said by 37% of first-graders and 44% of fogeys of fourth graders.

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