The Roma came to Europe from India as a strongly different cultural group (different socialization standards, clothing, language, music, temperament, faith, tradition and customs). The Roma have lived in the area of Slovakia for several centuries (the first known reference is from 1322); in some historical periods they were violently assimilated, could not develop their culture and language, carry on with their values and norms, and reciprocally influence the majority society.
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Language competence of Roma children upon entering to school
Generative-transformation theory (Chomsky, 1965) distinguishes between linguistic competence and the linguistic performance. Linguistic competence is unlimited opportunity to create new sentences and performance is a summary of the actual language expressions of the speaker. The paper is focused on the linguistic performance of Roma children from the socially disadvantaged, marginalized Roma community in Slovak language. Slovak language is official language in the Slovakia and it is not the mother tongue of Roma children.
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Language performance of Roma children in a language that is not native
The publication represents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the zero grade as a compensatory educational tool for pupils who did not achieve the school readiness and come from socially disadvantaged environment. The authors’ main intention was to study the zero grade in relation to Roma pupils. Accordingly, the structure of the publication, as well as the research was designed.
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Zero Grade and Education of Roma Pupils
