In Germany, schools will begin teaching Ukrainian
Date: 2024-08-28 Author: Alexei Fomin Categories: DIASPORA
In most German schools, the school year begins at the end of August. Last school year, more than 200 thousand children from Ukraine studied in schools and vocational education institutions in Germany. At the initial stage, they can study in their own language.
This is possible due to the fact that a large number of Ukrainian teachers work in German schools. In three federal states with the largest number of refugees from Ukraine, more than 1,000 Ukrainian teachers teach.
In particular, 490 teachers from Ukraine work in Bavaria, 290 in North Rhine-Westphalia, and about 200 in Baden-Werthermberg.
About 200 teachers from Ukraine work in the state of Hesse. Local authorities have taken an unprecedented step - in the new school year, the Ukrainian language will be taught in schools. Children will be able to study it as a second foreign language of their choice. The pilot project covers 16 schools, including Wiesbaden, Frankfurt am Main, and Kassel.
This also means that Ukrainian teachers will not only help teach Ukrainian children, but also teach Ukrainian to Germans who choose it as a second foreign language. Usually, English is the first foreign language from elementary grades.
"Hesse is thus making an important contribution to the common European self-identification and future economic cooperation with Ukraine," the Ministry of Education of this federal state notes.
So far, this is the only federal state where such an initiative has been introduced. And in other regions, studying Ukrainian as a second foreign language will only be allowed for those who find it difficult to learn another language and integrate into the German educational system. Such conditions apply in Bavaria. In North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg, a high grade in a student's native language can replace an exam in a second foreign language.
Interest in the Ukrainian language and culture is growing in German universities. In July, a Ukrainian studies center was opened at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder). A similar research center will soon open in Regensburg, Bavaria. Both universities have won a large grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to develop research on Ukraine, its language, history, and culture.
More than ten universities in Germany offer to study and research the Ukrainian language, history, or culture.
The head of the German Association of Ukrainian Studies, Professor Alexander Well, who works at the University of Potsdam, wrote an open letter at the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, calling on the German academic world to pay more attention to Ukraine.
This is possible due to the fact that a large number of Ukrainian teachers work in German schools. In three federal states with the largest number of refugees from Ukraine, more than 1,000 Ukrainian teachers teach.
In particular, 490 teachers from Ukraine work in Bavaria, 290 in North Rhine-Westphalia, and about 200 in Baden-Werthermberg.
About 200 teachers from Ukraine work in the state of Hesse. Local authorities have taken an unprecedented step - in the new school year, the Ukrainian language will be taught in schools. Children will be able to study it as a second foreign language of their choice. The pilot project covers 16 schools, including Wiesbaden, Frankfurt am Main, and Kassel.
This also means that Ukrainian teachers will not only help teach Ukrainian children, but also teach Ukrainian to Germans who choose it as a second foreign language. Usually, English is the first foreign language from elementary grades.
"Hesse is thus making an important contribution to the common European self-identification and future economic cooperation with Ukraine," the Ministry of Education of this federal state notes.
So far, this is the only federal state where such an initiative has been introduced. And in other regions, studying Ukrainian as a second foreign language will only be allowed for those who find it difficult to learn another language and integrate into the German educational system. Such conditions apply in Bavaria. In North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg, a high grade in a student's native language can replace an exam in a second foreign language.
Interest in the Ukrainian language and culture is growing in German universities. In July, a Ukrainian studies center was opened at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder). A similar research center will soon open in Regensburg, Bavaria. Both universities have won a large grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to develop research on Ukraine, its language, history, and culture.
More than ten universities in Germany offer to study and research the Ukrainian language, history, or culture.
The head of the German Association of Ukrainian Studies, Professor Alexander Well, who works at the University of Potsdam, wrote an open letter at the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, calling on the German academic world to pay more attention to Ukraine.
