Level of language competences formation: developing primary literacy in the first grade

1. The studies were financed from the target finds granted from the state budget of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski for scientific research in 2017 under the project entitled: «Level of Language Competence Formation in Students at the Initial Stage of Primary Education», Supervisor: Prof. Neli Ivanova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences The article presents the results of a research on the level of language competencies formation in the period of initial literacy in the first grade. The toolkit includes two didactic tests that prove the expected expected results laid down as knowledge, skills and attitudes in the Bulgarian language and literature curriculum for the first grade.The tests were designed, tested and conducted among 505 students from 23 schools on the territory of Bulgaria. The comparative analysis of the results of the children tested was executed according to the following three criteria: 1.) by district; 2.) by type of settlement; 3.) depending on whether the students are taught in the conditions of a monocultural or multicultural environment.