Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v20i0.2983
Fourth Grade Primary School Pupils' Knowledge of Croatian Orthography with Respect to Textbook Content u udžbenicima
Martina Kolar Billege
orcid.org/0000-0002-4013-9141
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
Monika Blum
orcid.org/0000-0001-6087-8016
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
Abstract
The paper shows the research results of fourth grade pupils’ knowledge of Croatian orthography, more specifically of writing words containing č and ć with respect to exposure to such words in Croatian language textbooks. Both textbooks comprise in total 4552 lexical units containing č and ć, of which 1436 distinctive words.
The research established which words in the textbook for Croatian language are frequent and which are less frequent. Using dictation, we checked knowledge of accurate writing of 10 most frequent and 22 less frequent words. The results indicate that pupils were statistically significantly more successful in writing more frequent words than in writing less frequent words. A statistically significant difference was not found in pupil achievement with respect to gender. For successful learning of orthography, pupils should be exposed to texts which are saturated with such content.
Keywords
: Croatian language teaching methodology; orthographic knowledge; primary education; textbooks.
Hrčak ID:
214277
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Publication date:
30.10.2018.
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