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MODELS AND SPECIFICS OF BILINGUAL TEACHING FOR NATIONAL MINORITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

There is a large number of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia, which directly means a large number of children who participate in the educational process. It is a large multicultural space that creates great educational challenges. Members of national minorities exercise the right to education in their own language in accordance with the Con-stitution of the Republic of Croatia, the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Mino-rities and the Act on Education in the Language and Script of National Minorities. Students belonging to national minorities have the opportunity to be educated in their mother langu-age, and this has been achieved in the Republic of Croatia through three basic models (A, B and C) and special forms of education. These models belong to the regular education system of the Republic of Croatia. This paper investigates and describes the mentioned models of education for minorities. An overview of the regional distribution of schools towards national minorities was made. A qualitative analysis of the specifics of the work of schools that offer education according to special bilingual models was made. There are a conside-rable number of bilingual schools in the Republic of Croatia and their influence on the development of interculturalism is very large. These schools nurture not only the language of the minority, but also their culture and history. Bilingual schools are a big step in the long-term development of interculturalism in the Republic of Croatia and enable the deve-lopment of awareness of respect for diversity among all students, but in the local community in which they are located.

bilingual education ; interculturalism ; multiculturalism

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