A magyarországi német nemzetiség nyelvelsajátítási szokásai 69 Language acquisition habits of the German nationality in Hungary The paper presents the current state of German language teaching in Hungary, the Hungarian Germans, their language-oriented assimilation, their bilingualism and diglossia, as well as their typical language acquisition habits. We get a picture of the fact that the acquisition of the German mother tongue is predominantly institutionalized, it happens in kindergarten and

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... n the primary school. The authors emphasize the importance of an early start to the success of language acquisition. The article also outlines the legal background of the national minority education system in Hungary, the education of nationality teachers and the modern pedagogical methods with which childhood language acquisition takes place.