Offer to publish in a journal
Stredoeurópske pohľady (Volume 8, Issue 2/2026)
Offer to publish in the journal Central European Views (vol. 8, no. 2/2026)
Thematic focus: Educational Aspects of Slovak as a Second, Foreign, and Hereditary (Heritage) Language
Submission of a brief abstract (max. 150 words/1 paragraph): by June 15, 2026
Submission of full papers: September 15, 2026
E-mail: ceviews2020@gmail.com
Editors of this issue: doc. PhDr. Ján Gallik, PhD., Mgr. Michal Krauter, PhD., Mgr. Renáta Kamenárová, PhD., Mgr. Jana Lokajová
The editorial board of the journal Central European Views accepts articles focused on the educational aspects of the Slovak language as a second, foreign, and hereditary (heritage) language from the field of applied research of Slovak in Central Europe, as well as Slovak enclave communities in expatriate communities abroad.
According to the latest data, there are currently 1.7 million Slovaks living outside Slovakia, most of them in the USA, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, and Serbia. Although the linguistic situation in these communities, where Slovak is in a minority position with regard to the majority language, has already been covered to a certain extent in studies on linguistic bilingualism in the American, Czech, and Vojvodina environments, the latest studies on the language of our fellow-citizens with regard to its practical application in classroom interaction and education environment are partially absent. Acquisition studies on the techniques of learning Slovak by children of Slovak immigrants in various types of foreign educational programs of a face-to-face/hybrid nature are also somewhat lacking in applied didactic research on the Slovak language.
Since the Slovak language is considered the “Esperanto” of Slavic languages thanks to its transitional linguistic position between West Slavic and East Slavic languages and its successful acquisition can be helpful in the process of learning other Slavic languages, the question also arises as to what methods are optimal for developing receptive and productive Slovak language competences in specific subgroups of Slavic languages. Within the Slavic language group, it can also be assumed that different strategies for effective language presentation will be used than in groups with a non-Slavic source language. A special thematic focus in the education of Slovak as a second language is currently the education of migrants – following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, this primarily involves teaching Slovak to groups of Ukrainian refugees. As recent sociological surveys show that Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia intend to stay for a longer period of time, didactic research into Slovak from the perspective of Slovak-Ukrainian language contacts is still pertinent and may have a significant impact on the full integration of refugees into Slovak society. Although almost half of these migrants can communicate in Slovak in everyday situations and understand the written word, only a small part of the Ukrainian community in Slovakia has knowledge at the level of their mother tongue, and only a quarter of them can speak and write fluently in Slovak (Fedáková et al. 2025).
The adequate development of communicative competence in the teaching of Slovak presupposes the acquisition of all linguistic levels of Slovak, including its phonetic system and orthography, as well as other competencies, specifically cultural and interactional competencies (Šebesta 2015 and Sedláková 2021; Kecskes, Sanders, and Pomerantz 2017). The contributions to this thematic issue of the journal may therefore address the analysis of pragmatic phenomena in Slovak for educational practice, the description of communication disorders, and the resolution of communicative misunderstandings.
In particular, we welcome submissions in the form of analyses of language errors and the needs of Slovak users themselves from the environment of Slovak national minorities and schools with typologically different L1 languages, as linguistic research on Slovak in the education of national minorities has long held an irreplaceable position.
Innovative studies by educators focusing on work with specific educational materials for Slovak as a second language are also called for, as well as contributions on the use of artificial intelligence in the development of new teaching materials for Slovak as a second or foreign language.
This thematic issue of the journal is also part of the project 06R02-20-V01-00002: Preparation of Future Teachers of Slovak Language and Slovak Literature for Educational Practice in Schools with Hungarian as the Language of Instruction.
The editorial board reserves the right to edit and proofread the text and only accepts previously unpublished contributions using sociological, linguistic, and didactic research methods with applications in pedagogy. Reports, documents, and reviews corresponding to the theme of this monothematic issue may also be accepted. Contributions may be published in the languages of the V4 countries (Slovak, Czech, Polish, and Hungarian), in English, and, upon agreement with the editors, in other world languages, in the formal format valid for the journal Central European Views (the template). Based on an independent and successful completion of a reviewing process selected author(s) will be informed about acceptance of their paper. The estimated date of publishing this issue is December 2026.
Formal Instructions for Writing Papers
Guidelines for processing the submission:
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- range of 7 – 12 pages with appendices and references (12 600 – 21 600 characters including spaces)
- we accept contributions in Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and English
- font Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing: multiples of 1.15, block alignment, all margins 2.5 cm
- abstract in English, font size 12 (max. 10 lines – 600 characters including spaces)
- keywords in English (max. 5)
- alphabetical list of references according to the valid bibliographic standard at the end of the text (it contains only the works cited in the article)
The editors also accept reviews by agreement.
Download the template HERE
Recommended material: Rules of writing and editing documents (SK)
Version for editors
in the format MS Word 6.0/95 and higher, formatted as demonstrated in the template
Version for reviewers
in .pdf format, a file has to be named after the title of the article. This version must not contain information about the author(s) (their name, surname, information about the workplace).
By submitting a contribution to the editorial office, the author also declares that he has become acquainted with the content of the Code of Ethics and agrees with its implementation.
Thank you very much for your cooperation!
