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Dziecko dwujęzyczne jako uczeń o specjalnych potrzebach edukacyjnych. Słownik dziecka dwujęzycznego – studium przypadku
The bilingual child as a student with special educational needs. The bilingual child’s vocabulary: a case study

Author(s): Barbara Kyrc
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Western Slavic Languages, Preschool education, School education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: children’s bilingualism; vocabulary; special educational needs; inclusive education

Summary/Abstract: The article aims at discussing the situation of a bilingual foreign child at a Polish school and the type of the educational, psychological and pedagogical support that it might receive. The article author proves such child to be a student with special educational needs due to its specific linguistic, social and psychological situation. Both theory and practice suggest that such child’s educational success results above all from its mental vocabulary content. In the case of a bilingual student such vocabulary needs to be competently developed and stimulated.

  • Issue Year: 22/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 51-67
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish