magistrsko delo
Maja Rupnik (Avtor), Klementina Jurančič (Mentor)

Povzetek

The main subject of the master's thesis research is teaching English as an additional (foreign) language in early childhood (pre-school period) to learners between 3 and 6 years of age with the Hippo and Friends (Starter, 1, and 2) course, written by Selby and McKnight and released by University of Cambridge in 2006. After presenting theoretical principles of teaching and learning an additional (foreign) language at an early age together with the presentation of the Hippo and Friends course, the empirical part of the thesis analyses and evaluates the course's teaching outcomes. These were acquired between October 2015 and March 2016 by carrying out a 3-leveled Hippo and Friends English language course for very young learners. 5 courses (2 groups at the H&F Starter level, 2 groups at the H&F 1 level and 1 group at the H&F 2 level) were attended by a total number of 45 pre-school children. The courses took place on five locations in North-Eastern Slovenia (Oplotnica, Kebelj, Slovenska Bistrica, Poljčane and Pragersko); the teacher taught them in a form of a student work at the "Bla Bla" language school. In addition to general evaluation of the Hippo and Friends course aims achievement and self-evaluation of teaching, particular focus is placed on the analysis and evaluation of learners' emotional responses to the first contact with English, their linguistic progress and instructional factors that affected it the most. The Hippo and Friends course has made the majority of very young learners' first contact with English enjoyable and fun. In addition to developing the very basic listening, speaking and discourse skills, the majority of very young learners have exceeded the suggested target vocabulary by the end of the course. Throughout the course, the majority of very young learners has more successfully acquired and, at the end of it, more correctly orally produced the target vocabulary items (TVI) presented in lessons with a lower number of newly presented TVI, the TVI taught with a higher practising rate, the TVI of thematic units the learners enjoyed the most and the TVI taught through songs and stories.

Ključne besede

very young learners;teaching English;learning English;Hippo and friends course;master theses;

Podatki

Jezik: Angleški jezik
Leto izida:
Tipologija: 2.09 - Magistrsko delo
Organizacija: UM FF - Filozofska fakulteta
Založnik: [M. Rupnik]
UDK: 373.2/.3:811.111'243(043.2)
COBISS: 22418696 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
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Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarni naslov: Teaching English as an additional language to very young learners with the Hippo and friends course
Sekundarni povzetek: Osrednji predmet raziskovanja magistrskega dela je poučevanje angleščine kot dodatnega (tujega) jezika v zgodnjem otroštvu oz. predšolskem obdobju med 3. in 6. letom starosti z učnim programom oz. didaktičnim kompletom Hippo and Friends (Starter, 1 in 2) avtoric Selby in McKnight, ki je izšel leta 2006 pod založništvom Univerze Cambridge. Po predstavitvi teoretičnih izhodišč učenja in poučevanja dodatnega (tujega) jezika v zgodnjem otroštvu ter učnega programa Hippo and Friends, bomo v empiričnem delu analizirali in ocenili rezultate poučevanja z omenjenim programom. Slednje smo pridobili med oktobrom 2015 in marcem 2016 v okviru vodenja angleškega jezikovnega tečaja 3 zahtevnostnih stopenj za omenjeno starostno skupino otrok. 5 tečajnih skupin (2 skupini prve, 2 skupini druge in 1 skupina tretje zahtevnostne stopnje) je skupno obiskovalo 45 predšolskih otrok. Jezikovni tečaj smo izvajali v petih krajih severovzhodne Slovenije (Oplotnica, Kebelj, Slovenska Bistrica, Poljčane, Pragersko) v okviru študentskega dela pri jezikovni šoli Bla Bla. Ob splošni oceni doseganja ciljev učnega programa Hippo and Friends ter samoevalvaciji poučevanja se bomo še posebej osredotočili na analizo in oceno čustvenega odzivanja učencev na prvi stik z angleščino, njihov jezikovni napredek ter dejavnike poučevanja, ki so ga najbolj spodbudili. Učni program Hippo and Friends je otrokom omogočil prijetno in zabavno spoznavanje angleščine. Ob razvijanju osnovnih slušnih in govornih spretnosti je večina učencev presegla ciljno besedišče programa. Do izteka tečaja je večina otrok uspešneje usvojila in na koncu pravilneje govorno proizvedla ciljne angleške besede, predstavljene pri učnih urah z manjšo količino novo predstavljenega ciljnega besedišča, besede, ki so bile večkrat ponovljene in utrjene, besede tematskih enot, v katerih so otroci najbolj uživali, ter besede, ki so bile naučene s pomočjo pesmic in zgodbic.
Sekundarne ključne besede: zgodnje poučevanje angleščine;zgodnje učenje angleščine;učni programi;Hippo and friends;magistrska dela;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Vrsta dela (COBISS): Magistrsko delo/naloga
Komentar na gradivo: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Strani: 71 f., [10] f. pril.
ID: 9150636