Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v17i2.1796

Teachers’ Opinions on the Teaching Methodology for Standard School Scripts in Initial Reading and Writing in the Croatian Language

Martina Kolar Billege ; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb

Abstract

Standard school scripts are intended for teaching initial reading and writing in the Croatian language. They come as a result of the scientific-research project Language-Art Standards in Initial Reading and Writing in the Croatian Language and are included into the Croatian orthography (Hrvatski pravopis, 2013). They have been implemented in the first grade of primary school in the 2014/2015 academic year. The paper presents the content of initial reading and writing within the framework of the subject Croatian Language and we test the opinions of participants, teachers and other professionals in education on the relevance of implementing standard school scripts as an element of language identity, on the agreement of standard school scripts with developmental characteristics of pupils and the retention of clarity of handwritten script based on teaching standard school scripts. We present the opinions of participants on the relevance of elements necessary for a methodological structuring of teaching initial reading and writing, on the necessity of assessing clarity of handwritten scripts and the need to train teachers for writing standard school scripts. Participants in the research find that standard scripts for initial reading and writing are an important indicator of language identity and recognize the relevance of elements necessary for a methodological structuring of the teaching of initial reading and writing. Furthermore, they find it necessary to assess the clarity of handwritten script and to train teachers for writing in the standardized school scripts.

Keywords

Croatian language; initial reading and writing teaching methodology; standard school script

Hrčak ID:

141192

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/141192

Publication date:

29.6.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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