Knowledge of the language of schooling as a condition of success in school

Abstract

The aim of the article is to draw attention to the necessity of creating conditions for linguistic development for students in all school subjects. The basis here is to define the language of schooling as a functional variety of language that is used in school contexts in communication between teachers and students, school textbooks and other educational materials. The article explains and illustrates with examples the basic features of the language of schooling that distinguish it from the language of communication. Support for targeted activities aimed at developing the linguistic competence of students in spoken and written form are also provided by the core curriculum for all subjects, as shown on the example of biology and physics as a school subject.