USING POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS TO IMPROVE MOTIVATION IN ENGLISH CLASSES IN SECOND GRADE HIGH-SCHOOL

U članku se razmatraju mogućnosti korištenja PowerPoint prezentacija u nastavi engleskoga jezika, osobito za podizanje motivacije učenika adolescentskoga uzrasta. Također se govorio prednostima i nedostacima primjene prezentacija u nastavi te osobinama dobre prezentacije.U radu su prikazane aktivnosti korištene kao motivacija za uvod u temu.The article is about using PowerPoint presentation in teaching English especially as a motivational factor when working with teenagers. It also considers advantages and disadvantages of presentations in lessons as well as characteristics of good presentations. Some activities used as motivation for topic introduction have been described here

TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION TO FIRST GRADERS

U radu se govori o usvajanju izgovora na nastavi engleskoga kao stranoga jezika s učenicima mlađe dobi. Nakon osvrta na glavne ciljeve ranoga učenja stranoga jezika, daje se prikaz zastupljenosti vježbi izgovora u dva udžbenika engleskog jezika za 1. razred. Razmatraju se iskustva iz prakse i poteškoće na koje učenici nailaze pri usvajanju izgovora te predlažu aktivnosti za uvježbavanje problematičnih glasova.This paper is about pronunciation acquisition in English as a foreign language with young learners. After reviewing the main goals of foreign language learning, all pronunciation activities in two of the English first grade textbooks are presented. Practical experience and difficulties are analysed and a number of activities for practising difficult sounds is suggested

TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION TO FIRST GRADERS

U radu se govori o usvajanju izgovora na nastavi engleskoga kao stranoga jezika s učenicima mlađe dobi. Nakon osvrta na glavne ciljeve ranoga učenja stranoga jezika, daje se prikaz zastupljenosti vježbi izgovora u dva udžbenika engleskog jezika za 1. razred. Razmatraju se iskustva iz prakse i poteškoće na koje učenici nailaze pri usvajanju izgovora te predlažu aktivnosti za uvježbavanje problematičnih glasova.This paper is about pronunciation acquisition in English as a foreign language with young learners. After reviewing the main goals of foreign language learning, all pronunciation activities in two of the English first grade textbooks are presented. Practical experience and difficulties are analysed and a number of activities for practising difficult sounds is suggested

PUT DO TIMSKOGA RADA U NASTAVI

U hrvatskoj se pedagogiji posljednjih godina često spominju pojmovi - međupredmetna korelacija, rasterećenje učenika, učitelj kao akcijski istraživač i mnogi drugi koji, sigurno, pridonose unaprjeđenju rada u školi. Rad učitelja, ne samo na poučavanju već i na istraživanju vlastitoga procesa poučavanja, stalnoga učenja i korištenja znanja za vlastiti razvitak - hvale je vrijedan. Rad u tandemu, zajednički rad više učitelja i timska nastava neke su od zaboravljenih ideja u našim školama koje zahtijevaju promjene u radu pojedinih učitelja, ali i mijenjanje organizacije rada cjelokupne škole. U ovom radu dajemo prikaz zajedničkoga rada učiteljica hrvatskoga i engleskoga jezika na satu utvrđivanja sklonidbe imenica u petom razredu.Terms such as correlation between subjects, reduction of the curriculum and teacher as a active researcher have recently been mentioned frequently in Croatian pedagogy and the contribute to the improvement of our work in the classroom to a large extent. The work of the teachers who not only teach but also try to examine their own teachinprocess is very valuable. Team teaching and team work are some of the forgotten ideas in our schools which requirchanges not only in the work of individual teachers but also of the organization of the wor of the entire school. This paper describes an English-Croatian lesson whose topic is noun declension

Abnormal development of monoaminergic neurons is implicated in mood fluctuations and bipolar disorder

Subtle mood fluctuations are normal emotional experiences, whereas drastic mood swings can be a manifestation of bipolar disorder (BPD). Despite their importance for normal and pathological behavior, the mechanisms underlying endogenous mood instability are largely unknown. During embryogenesis, the transcription factor Otx2 orchestrates the genetic networks directing the specification of dopaminergic (DA) and serotonergic (5-HT) neurons. Here we behaviorally phenotyped mouse mutants overexpressing Otx2 in the hindbrain, resulting in an increased number of DA neurons and a decreased number of 5-HT neurons in both developing and mature animals. Over the course of 1 month, control animals exhibited stable locomotor activity in their home cages, whereas mutants showed extended periods of elevated or decreased activity relative to their individual average. Additional behavioral paradigms, testing for manic-and depressive-like behavior, demonstrated that mutants showed an increase in intra-individual fluctuations in locomotor activity, habituation, risk-taking behavioral parameters, social interaction, and hedonic-like behavior. Olanzapine, lithium, and carbamazepine ameliorated the behavioral alterations of the mutants, as did the mixed serotonin receptor agonist quipazine and the specific 5-HT 2C receptor agonist CP-809101. Testing the relevance of the genetic networks specifying monoaminergic neurons for BPD in humans, we applied an interval-based enrichment analysis tool for genome-wide association studies. We observed that the genes specifying DA and 5-HT neurons exhibit a significant level of aggregated association with BPD but not with schizophrenia or major depressive disorder. The results of our translational study suggest that aberrant development of monoaminergic neurons leads to mood fluctuations and may be associated with BPD

PUT DO TIMSKOGA RADA U NASTAVI

U hrvatskoj se pedagogiji posljednjih godina često spominju pojmovi - međupredmetna korelacija, rasterećenje učenika, učitelj kao akcijski istraživač i mnogi drugi koji, sigurno, pridonose unaprjeđenju rada u školi. Rad učitelja, ne samo na poučavanju već i na istraživanju vlastitoga procesa poučavanja, stalnoga učenja i korištenja znanja za vlastiti razvitak - hvale je vrijedan. Rad u tandemu, zajednički rad više učitelja i timska nastava neke su od zaboravljenih ideja u našim školama koje zahtijevaju promjene u radu pojedinih učitelja, ali i mijenjanje organizacije rada cjelokupne škole. U ovom radu dajemo prikaz zajedničkoga rada učiteljica hrvatskoga i engleskoga jezika na satu utvrđivanja sklonidbe imenica u petom razredu.Terms such as correlation between subjects, reduction of the curriculum and teacher as a active researcher have recently been mentioned frequently in Croatian pedagogy and the contribute to the improvement of our work in the classroom to a large extent. The work of the teachers who not only teach but also try to examine their own teachinprocess is very valuable. Team teaching and team work are some of the forgotten ideas in our schools which requirchanges not only in the work of individual teachers but also of the organization of the wor of the entire school. This paper describes an English-Croatian lesson whose topic is noun declension