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Prvi cilj ovoga istraživanja je utvrditi način na koji namjerno podizanje fonološke osjetljivosti utječe na razvoj čitanja u slučaju višejezičnih učenika prvoga razreda osnovne škole koji se školuju na jeziku koji im nije materinski. Drugi je cilj istražiti doprinos neposrednoga poučavanja međunarodne fonetske abecede razvoju svjesnosti o istim ili sličnim glasovima u različitim jezicima. Istraživanje je oblikovano kao proučavanje slučaja, a provedeno je s višejezičnim učenicima prvoga razreda osnovne škole koja je prva u Republici Hrvatskoj dobila dopusnicu za International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP). Tijekom jedne školske godine upotrijebljeno je šest istraživačkih instrumenata: slušni testovi i verbalni protokoli, jednominutni test čitanja naglas i verbalni protokoli, test fonološke osjetljivosti, intervju s ispitanicima, intervju s roditeljima, školska dokumentacija. Tijekom godine s ispitanicima je provedena dodatna fonološka vježba za razvoj fonoloških sposobnosti. Trinaestero uključenih ispitanika međusobno se razlikuje po jezičnim osobitostima (materinskim jezicima, ovladanosti engleskim kao obrazovnim jezikom, obiteljskim jezicima, odnosu prema hrvatskome kao okolinskom jeziku), po broju država u kojima su do provedbe ovoga istraživanja živjeli te po predškolskim programima koje su pohađali. Prvi slušni testovi pokazali su da se, prilikom imenovanja početnoga glasa u engleskim riječima, misaoni procesi ispitanika razlikuju, što vodi k različitim odgovorima na postavljeno pitanje. Ispitanici koji su se opismenjavali na engleskome prije polaska u školu imenovali su slovo, za razliku od onih koji se prethodno nisu formalno opismenjavali, koji su imenovali glasove, uz manja odstupanja. Testovi brzine čitanja popraćeni verbalnim protokolima otkrivaju kvalitativne i kvantitativne promjene u strategijama čitanja riječi tijekom školske godine. Polazna strategija za čitanje na engleskome je globalno čitanje, a prema kraju školske godine većina ispitanika počinje se služiti glasovnom analizom i sintezom, ranije na razini sloga, a potom i na fonemskoj razini. Čitanje riječi na hrvatskome započinje od fonemske razine, a prelaskom na spajanje slogova brzina čitanja se povećava. Kod mnogih je ispitanika zabilježen je prijenos fonološkoga znanja s hrvatskoga na engleski. Fonološka osjetljivost ispitanika povećala se tijekom školske godine, a pod utjecajem izravnoga poučavanja prerasla je u fonološku osviještenost. Takva osviještenost prepoznata je u samostalnoj primjeni poučavanih strategija i posljedičnom povećanju brzine čitanja između dvaju mjerenja. Međunarodna fonetska abeceda (IPA) u ovom je istraživanju poslužila kao alat za osvještavanje i usporedbu glasova iz različitih jezičnih sustava. Usvojenost IPA-e ostvarena je na razini prepoznavanja, dok je na proizvodnoj razini usvojena djelomično. Ispitanici su jasno razlikovali znakove za zapisivanje glasova od znakova za zapisivanje slova ˗ grafema. Za zapisivanje ciljanih glasova u slušnim testovima rabili su isključivo grafeme. Grafemi za zapisivanje tih glasova bili su hrvatski kod ispitanika kojima je to dominantan jezik (materinski, obiteljski, okolinski), a engleski su grafemi bili u uporabi kod ispitanika kojima je engleski, kao obrazovni, dominantniji jezik. Iako broj ispitanika u ovome istraživanju nije dovoljan za uopćavanje rezultata, ovo istraživanje daje dubinski uvid u složenost jezičnih osobina svakoga ispitanika. Višejezični učenici prvoga razreda osnovne škole s različitim jezičnim biografijama mogu imati različite potrebe u tijeku ovladavanja čitanjem, što može utjecati na dinamiku i vrijeme potrebno za ovladavanje tom djelatnošću. Dovođenje fonološke osjetljivosti do razine osviještenosti postiže se izravnim poučavanjem i uz primjenu viševrsnih postupaka, pri čemu međujezični prijenos fonološkoga znanja ima značajan potencijal. Reading, as one fundamental of early literacy, is a multi-layered process that incorporates phonological and orthographic knowledge. Since reading activities begin early in the course of formal education, children must develop their word-decoding strategies to achieve optimal reading speed, which leads to reading comprehension. Contemporary, inquiry-based approaches to teaching require a certain amount of student independence in reading and research. To meet such requirements, mastery of reading is crucial. A large body of research suggests that phonological sensitivity plays a major role in early reading development, both in monolingual and plurilingual settings. However, orthographic characteristics of different languages often determine which phonological units are more salient for successful reading: whole words, syllables, parts of syllables, or phonemes. In this case study, phonological sensitivity is observed as a comprehensive construct that includes a number of skills ranging from implicit sensitivity to larger phonological units to a more explicit awareness of smaller phonological units that can be blended, segmented, and combined in various ways. The main phonological components described in this study are words, syllables, onsets, rimes, and individual phonemes. Another comprehensive construct used in this study is plurilingualism, and it is described as a set of one’s competencies in more than one language and the ability to shift between those languages to facilitate communication and to adjust to specific situations. Past research in phonological sensitivity conducted with groups of English-speaking monolingual children resulted in a hierarchical model extending from sensitivity to larger phonological units to more advanced sensitivity to smaller phonological units. However, such sensitivity does not necessarily follow a linear path; depending on children’s abilities and the nature of literacy instruction, certain overlaps between phases are likely to occur. Another dimension of the developmental model is linguistic complexity. More precisely, the non-linear development of phonological sensitivity is further affected by the orthographic characteristics of the language in question. For instance, word-decoding in an orthographically transparent language results in early phonemic awareness, which is commonly recognized as the key to successful reading in alphabetic scripts. On the other hand, early reading in less orthographically transparent languages typically entails multiple word-decoding strategies to achieve the same outcome. Many researchers have shown interest in the development of phonological sensitivity of children attending bilingual programs in state schools or international programs, mostly in English as their second or third language. A growing body of research has demonstrated that plurilingual and monolingual children follow a similar developmental path of phonological sensitivity that has been recognized as a reliable predictor of reading in both cases. However, some temporary crosslinguistic influences have been recorded in plurilingual children whose linguistic diversity and various literacy instruction, as consequences of frequent family migrations, also interfere with quantitative research designs, and often yield inconclusive results. Nonetheless, numerous case studies have provided valuable qualitative insights into plurilingual children’s phonological sensitivity development, but their results are usually inadequate for generalizations. This thesis describes a case study designed to contribute to the existing qualitative research by presenting the Croatian context and the role of the Croatian language in children’s language repertoires. The main objective of this case study was to investigate how deliberate development of phonological sensitivity influences early reading in plurilingual first-graders attending an international primary school. Another objective was to conduct the explicit teaching of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and observe its role in developing students’ awareness of similar sounds appearing in multiple languages. The study was designed to answer three research questions and explore four hypotheses: RQ1: Which reading strategies emerge while reading in English and while reading in Croatian, and what are the differences? RQ2: Will plurilingual first-graders use the graphemes of English, the language of their education, or the graphemes of Croatian, their host-country language? RQ3: To what extent will plurilingual first-graders learn the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet taught within the additional phonological training? H1: There will be some differences between the students who had received explicit literacy instruction before first grade and the ones who had not received explicit literacy instruction. H2: As a consequence of explicit teaching, the plurilingual first-graders will use worddecoding strategies independently. H3: Native speakers of Croatian will predominantly use Croatian graphemes to write the designated sounds, since Croatian is also the language of their environment. H4: The explicit teaching of the International Phonetic Alphabet will facilitate the development of phonemic awareness. A class of thirteen plurilingual first-graders participated in the study, and the information was collected during one school year. Six research instruments were applied: listening tests and verbal protocols, one-minute reading aloud pre-tests and post-tests in English and Croatian accompanied by verbal protocols, a phonological sensitivity pre-test and post-test, a semistructured interview with students, a semi-structured interview with parents, and school documents (e.g., unit logs, unit planners, teacher comments, student application forms). Along with the data collection points, additional training intended for developing phonological sensitivity was designed for participants, parts of which were dedicated to teaching the IPA. Both interviews and the information retrieved from school documents indicated that each participant had quite a substantial language biography, and additionally, participants were rather diverse when mutually compared. Due to their private situations and work requirements, participants’ families often changed their places of residence, thus exposing their children to new languages, cultures, and environments. The most noticeable common denominator among all participants was English as the language of education. The initial listening tests revealed certain differences between the participants who had attended preschool in English and the others, which was in line with expectations. The two participants who had received explicit literacy training in English kindergartens demonstrated excellent orthographic knowledge, but they were unable to name the initial sounds in words. Instead, they offered letter names and were entirely focused on spelling. On the other hand, participants who had not received explicit literacy instruction prior to first grade were more open to naming initial sounds in words. However, several variations were documented in terms of phoneme pronunciation due to probable mother tongue influences. Following this phase, one participant was excluded from the study after being diagnosed with dyslexia, and one participant moved to another country. From that point on, there were eleven participants. As hypothesized, the explicit teaching of word segmentation strategies facilitated the transition from early sensitivity to spoken word structure to phonemic awareness. More specifically, initial reading in English, an orthographically opaque and inconsistent language, predominantly included whole-word recognition strategies. In due course, the majority of students engaged in word segmentation, thus combining phonological and orthographic knowledge. On the other hand, initial reading in Croatian, as an orthographically more transparent and consistent language, revealed that the rather clear letter-sound correspondence was recognized as an efficient word-decoding strategy. The end-of-year reading test showed that reading in Croatian was faster when blending syllables than when blending phonemes. Overall, the number of word-decoding strategies in English increased considerably over time, whereas the number of word-decoding strategies in Croatian remained low but sufficient for successful reading. The indication of crosslanguage transfer of phonological sensitivity abilities was found in several student reports, stating that they utilized the “Croatian way of reading” when decoding English words. The average reading speed in both English and Croatian is slightly lower in this study, but still comparable to the average reading speed of monolingual speakers of both English and Croatian, but with minor variations. The phonological sensitivity of participants notably increased during the school year and was positively associated with reading speed, but the design of this study is not suitable for generalization. Moreover, the explicit teaching of the spoken word segmentation appeared to facilitate the awareness of the spoken words of the participant who, instead of initial sounds in words, offered letter names at the beginning of the study. Her phonological sensitivity test results yielded the largest difference between the two testing points, and she climbed from the bottom of the scoreboard to the very top. Other participants exhibited slight downward or upward changes on the same scoreboard. The listening tests dedicated to specific sounds appearing in multiple languages showed that plurilingual first-graders predominantly opted for the graphemes belonging to their language of education, i.e., English, when asked to write them down using the manner they considered appropriate. In order for native Croatians to opt for Croatian graphemes in the same task, the role of the Croatian language needed to be manifold: mother tongue, family language, and host-country language. The primary purpose of the International Phonetic Alphabet in this case study was to illustrate spoken sounds regardless of the language and the spelling patterns producing them, and to improve students’ phonemic awareness as part of the additional phonological training. After completing the additional phonological training, all students took two tests measuring the extent to which they had learned the IPA symbols. The results revealed a high level of success when it comes to the recognition of the IPA symbols. However, the test of independent writing of the IPA symbols resulted in low scores. Among the IPA symbols that do not resemble letters, the least accessible ones were ə and ŋ, whereas the most accessible symbols were ʒ, ʃ, w, and θ. Furthermore, the recognition of the similar sounds appearing in words across languages (English excluded) revealed students’ ability to compare and analyze various sounds appearing in their language repertoires, which also contributes to the development of their phonemic awareness, i.e., metalinguistic knowledge, and the awareness of their plurilingualism. Although the sample size is insufficient for generalizations, this study fills the gap in contemporary research on young plurilinguals who develop their early literacy in English, a language that is not their mother tongue but is significant for their formal education. The results also indicate that existing models of phonological sensitivity development should include the third dimension containing multiple languages that could be used as sources of cross-language transfer. Along with that, the detailed descriptions of each participant demonstrate how linguistically and culturally diverse a relatively small class of first-graders could be, which can interfere with research designs due to some variables that might be difficult to control for in causal models.

Integracija sadržaja različitih nastavnih predmeta u nastavu stranoga jezika u svijetu je uvelike istraživana tema iz područja poučavanja stranoga ili drugoga jezika. U Hrvatskoj je o važnosti povezivanja sadržaja predmeta na materinskom jeziku sa sadržajem stranoga jezika još 1999. godine pisala Mirjana Vilke, a danas je povezivanje sadržaja nastavnih predmeta sastavni dio kurikuluma nastavnog predmeta Engleski jezik (Škola za život). Povezivanje sadržaja iziskuje ne samo osviještenost i teorijska znanja učitelja o mogućnostima koje takvo povezivanje nudi, već spremnost i osposobljenost učitelja da to smisleno i učinkovito primijene u nastavi. Stoga je cilj ovoga rada ispitati percepciju budućih učitelja engleskoga jezika o mogućnostima provedbe integriranoga poučavanja nastavnih sadržaja i stranoga jezika te njihovu samoprocjenu kompetencija za izvođenje takve nastave. Nadalje, pokušat ćemo saznati koje prednosti, a koje poteškoće budući učitelji engleskoga jezika vide u implementaciji integriranoga poučavanja sadržaja i jezika iz perspektive učitelja i učenika. Istraživanje će se provesti na prigodnom uzorku od dvjestotinjak studenata primarnoga obrazovanja i engleskoga jezika, od prve do pete godine studija. Metodički kolegiji, jednako kao i kolegiji koji uključuju međupredmetnu integraciju nastavnih sadržaja, pretežno se izvode na višim godinama studija primarnog obrazovanja smjer engleski jezik. Stoga je za očekivati da će studenti viših godina imati više saznanja o toj temi zbog eksplicitnoga poučavanja, no otvorena je mogućnost dobre percepcije koju mogu imati i studenti nižih godina, ponajviše na intuitivnoj razini.

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Ovaj članak opisuje rad u nižim razredima osnovne škole u kojoj se cjelokupna nastava održava na engleskom jeziku. Učenici škole velikom su većinom stranci koji često mijenjaju mjesto boravka zbog poslovnih obveza svojih roditelja. Hrvatski jezik uglavnom se poučava kao ini jezik, a veliki se naglasak stavlja i na materinske jezike i kulture svih učenika. Iz toga razloga, česta je suradnja s roditeljima učenika, a učitelji prolaze dodatna usavršavanja kako bi bili što kompetentniji za rad u ovakvom međunarodnom okružju.

Skupina djece u dobi od 6-7 godina, koja su počela učiti engleski kao strani jezik, zajednički je rekonstruirala priču po nizu slika iz slikovnice Cockatoos Quentina Blakea (1994). Analizira se tijek dječjega zajedničkog ‘ čitanja slika’ s ciljem da se istraže njihove strategije, uključujući porabu hrvatskoga i engleskoga jezika, njihova suradnja u rekonstrukciji i razumijevanju priče, kao i pojedinačne osobne i skupne reakcije na priču koju stvaraju i na sam proces 'čitanja'. Pokazalo se da su djeca u značajnoj mjeri uspjela rekonstruirati glavne događaje izvorne priče, da pritom rabila više raznorodnih strategija, te da je aktivnost bila na više načina svrsishodna u nastavi engleskoga jezika.

Često je potrebno modificirati model upravljanja lukom, i to ili unapređenjem postojećega ili uvođenjem potpuno novoga. Model upravljanja lukom treba u punoj mjeri respektirati činjenicu da je tradicionalna uloga luka znatno evoluirala i da se one više ne biraju samo zbog njihova prirodnog zaleđa već zbog toga što su najbolja središta za dodavanje vrijednosti robama i da su čvorišta u robnome transportnom lancu. Proces unapređenja postojećega ili uvođenja potpuno novog modela za upravljanje lukama, dakle proces izbora modela za upravljanje lukama, mora se zasnivati na jasno definiranim ciljevima koji se žele postići. Četiri osnovna modela za upravljanje lukama pojavila su se tijekom vremena: Service Port, Tool Port, Landlord Port i Private Service Port. U ovom radu su, polazeći od provedenih teorijskih razmatranja na konkretnom objektu analize – Luci Bar, prikazani glavni elementi procesa u izboru modela za upravljanje lukom. Pri tome je poslužila DELPHI metoda, dok je izbor strategije transformacije obavljen uz pomoć AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) metode. Na temelju rezultata sprovedenih analiza, izveden je zaključak da je optimalan model upravljanja za Luku Bar – landlord model, dok je s pomoću AHP metode višekriterijske analize ustanovljeno da je najbolja strategija transformacije – restrukturiranje., It is often very necessary to modify port managment model by improving existing one or introducing a completely new management model. Port managmenet model has to respect the fact that role which a port tranditionally had changed in a very large scale and that ports are not any more chosen only because of their »natural hinterland« but because they became centres for value added acitivities and are nodes of the goods transport chains. Process of improving existing or introducing a new port management model,or more exactly process of port management model selection, has to be based on clearly defined objectives which are to be achieved. There are four basic port management model: Service Port, Tool Port, Landlord Port i Private service port. Starting from appropriate theoretical considerations, on the concrete object of analysis – The Port of Bar, key elements of the port management model process selection are shown in this paper. In the process of port management model selection DELPHI method is implemented and selection of the trasformation strategy is done implementing AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method. Based on the results of analyses done, it is concluded that the optimal management model for The Port of Bar is – landlord model, and implementation of AHP method of multicriteria analysis results with conclusion that the best transformation strategy is restructuring.