Primary school students and multilingualism - Choice of language in selected communicative situations

Med osnovnošolci druge in tretje triade je bila opravljena pisna anketa, s katero smo želeli preveriti, kako bi poimenovali oz. katere izraze bi izbrali za poimenovanje trgovin, javnih podjetij in organizacij, napisov na darilih, majicah … in kateri jezik bi izbrali v določenih primerih, slovenski ali tuji – angleški jezik. Predpostavljali smo, da bodo večinoma vsi, predvsem pa učenci zadnjih razredov osnovne šole v večini primerov raje izbrali poimenovanje v angleškem jeziku kot v slovenskem. Svojo izbiro so podkrepili tudi z utemeljitvijo izbire.A written survey was held among primary students of the second and third triad in order to check, how the students would name, or which expressions they would choose for naming shops, public companies and organizations, inscriptions on presents, T-shirts … and which lagnuage would be chosen in certain cases, Slovene or foreign – English. We presumed that most, esp. the older primary school students, would prefer to choose English rather than Slovene. Their choice was also supported by substantiation of their choice