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Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. urn:nbn:hr:131:278897
Matković, Tihomir
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English language and literature
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Pedagogy

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Matković, T. (2020). Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:278897

Matković, Tihomir. "Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:278897

Matković, Tihomir. "Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:278897

Matković, T. (2020). 'Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 06 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:278897

Matković T. Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2020 [cited 2025 January 06] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:278897

T. Matković, "Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, 2020. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:278897

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TitleTeaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
Title (croatian)Prilagodbe u nastavi engleskog kao stranog jezika za učenike s disleksijom i disgrafijom
AuthorTihomir Matković
MentorIva Ivanković (mentor)
MentorRenata Geld (komentor)
Committee memberStela Letica Krevelj (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberRenata Geld (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberIva Ivanković (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English language and literature)
Zagreb
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of Pedagogy)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2020-10-06, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		SOCIAL SCIENCES
Pedagogy
Specific Pedagogy
Abstract
Teaching students with special educational needs poses challenges for many teachers all over the world. Every student, regardless of their (dis)abilities, deserves to have educators who will encourage them to achieve their full potential. Dyslexia and dysgraphia are specific learning disabilities that hinder students’ academic development and can cause various emotional issues. Difficulties caused by dyslexia and dysgraphia also impair students’ acquisition of a foreign language, slowing it down and making its various aspects harder to attain. This is especially true in cases where students’ native and foreign language are very different, which is the case with English and Croatian. This implies that dyslexic and dysgraphic students, whose native language is Croatian, may have a hard time mastering English, due to all the phonological and orthographical differences between the two languages. This study focuses on investigating different didactic-methodological adjustments made in the process of teaching English as a foreign language to dyslexic and dysgraphic students in several Croatian schools. Ten English as a Foreign Language teachers participated in the study and ten structured interviews were conducted in order to investigate the matters of interest, e.g. various didactic-methodological adjustments, cooperation with colleagues, knowledge about specific learning disabilities etc. The results showed that participants use a variety of different adjustments in order to facilitate EFL learning for their dyslexic and dysgraphic students, some of which include multisensory approach to learning, modifications of visual aspects of the content and exams, extensions of time needed to solve tasks etc. Participants have also urged for assistance from educational experts, so as to help their students achieve their full potential.
Abstract (croatian)
U ovome diplomskom radu istraživačkog karaktera analizirali su se mnogi načini na koje nastavnici engleskog kao stranog jezika prilagođavaju nastavu i proces vrednovanja kako bi učenicima sa specifičnim teškoćama u učenju (disleksija i disgrafija) što više olakšali proces ovladavanja engleskim jezikom. Pozornost je također bila usmjerena i na razne aspekte suradnje između nastavnika međusobno i nastavnika i stručnih suradnika raznih profila, te na znanje koje ispitanice imaju o specifičnim teškoćama u učenju. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 10 ispitanica iz različitih osnovnih škola u Republici Hrvatskoj, s time da je jedna ispitanica nastavnica u srednjoj školi. Utvrđeno je da nastavnici koriste mnogo različitih načina prilagodbe nastave engleskog jezika i da nastoje svim učenicima pristupiti na individualnoj razini, što je više moguće. Istraživanje je također pokazalo da je suradnja između nastavnika i stručnih suradnika u većini slučajeva manjkava, ali je zato suradnja među nastavnicima dobro razvijena.
Keywords
Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:278897
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL
Course: TEFL
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Pedagogy (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra pedagogije (magistar/magistra pedagogije)
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