Silvija Hanžić Deda

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Zagreb

This case study examines the perspective of plurilingual primary school students on three aspects of their language use: code switching, positive language transfer and translation. In other words, the research question attempted to be answered in this paper is whether plurilingual primary school students use their communicative repertoires purposef...

This literature overview presents findings stemming from eleven contemporary studies dealing with various aspects of phonological sensitivity in bilingual and multilingual individuals within the context of formal education. The selected studies were published in English, during the past decade, but they include several languages in various combinat...

This qualitative-quantitative study examines the level of metacomprehension awareness in international primary school students before, while, and after reading narrative texts. The first part of the study brings a short overview of theoretical background and previous research pertaining to metacognition and metacognitive strategies, reading compreh...

Podcasts are popular among listeners of all ages. In addition to being educational and entertaining, they are a source of authentic language, featuring a diverse range of speakers, which makes them highly effective in language teaching. The advantages of using podcasts in FL teaching and learning have been documented across different language domai...

By presenting the theoretical framework and several examples of relevant studies regarding very early foreign language acquisition in the world and in Croatia, the aim of the paper is to raise awareness of the positive effects of learning English in pre-primary education. The theoretical background for early foreign language learning and acquisitio...

This study explores Croatian primary teachers' use of authentic literature in English language teaching (ELT). It examines teachers' perceptions and practices, including differences based on teachers' initial education and age. The findings reveal that teachers, regardless of initial education and age, use stories in their classes, typically once o...

This paper investigates emotional support and task assistance as two instances of mentor roles during preservice language teachers' classroom practice. The participants of this study were 21 fifth-year students of graduate university study who were in the process of obtaining Master's Degrees in English Language and Literature, teaching stream. The...

Poglavlje sadrži jezgrovit prikaz osnovnih digitalnih alata i njihovu primjenu u nastavi stranoga jezika u osnovnoj školi. Navedeni primjeri provjereni su u praksi tijekom nekoliko školskih godina, a primjenjivi su u kontaktnoj nastavi, u nastavi na daljinu te u provedbi učeničkih projekata.

The main objective of this paper is to describe the process of designing a questionnaire evaluating the Doctoral program in foreign language education at the FHSS (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences), University of Zagreb. Along with the PhD students’ demographic data, the newly designed questionnaire collects the students’ preferences regar...

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...