Acquisition of the Croatian and Czech language at preschool age

U radu je predstavljena problematika usvajanja stranog jezika u djece predškolske dobi s naglaskom na različite materinjske jezike djece. Na početku rada objašnjen je pojam slavenskih jezika i njihova podjela, kao i kratki opisi glavnih predstavnika svake skupine. U toj je podjeli naglasak bio na češkom i hrvatskom jeziku, koji pripadaju različitim skupinama slavenskih jezika. Osim toga, analiziran je pojam dvojezičnosti i objašnjen je način usvajanja stranog jezika djece predškolske dobi. Na kraju je rada predstavljeno istraživanje provedeno u dvama dječjim vrtićima na području Bjelovarsko-bilogorske županije, u kojima se razlikuju materinji jezici djece polaznika. Cilj je istraživanja bio utvrditi kako djeca usvajaju strani jezik uz pomoć poznate melodije.This thesis represented a conundrum of acquiring a foreign language in children of preschool age with a focus on different native languages of these children. At the beginning of the thesis the term “Slavic languages” was defined and their division explained, followed by short descriptions of main representatives of each language group. In this division, the thesis focused on Czech and Croatian languages which belong to different groups of Slavic languages. In addition, the thesis includes an analysis of the term “bilingualism” and the way in which the children of preschool age acquire a foreign language. The final part of the thesis included a survey conducted in two kindergartens in Bjelovar-Bilogora County where native languages of the children attending are different. The aim of the survey was to determine how children acquire a foreign language with the assistance of a familiar melody