Theatre as motivation in Croatian language instruction

Abstract

Ovaj rad usmjeren je na kazalište općenito te na povijesni razvoj kazališta u Požegi, odnosno njegove karakteristike kao institucije. Ovaj rad ukratko govori i o kazalištu te dramskim metodama u nastavi Hrvatskoga jezika, te također na utjecaj odlaska u kazalište u nastavi Hrvatskoga jezika. Cilj istraživanja je ispitati volju, poticaj i dostupnost odlaska u kazalište učenika škola u Požegi i okolici. Zadaci su ovog istraživanja ispitati vole li učenici ići u kazalište, te postoji li razlika u odlascima u kazalište između gradskih i općinskih škola. Postupak se proveo u drugim, trećim i četvrtim razredima osnovnih škola: Dobriša Cesarić, Katolička osnovne škole, Osnovna škola Mladost Jakšić te osnovna škola Dragutina Lermana Brestovac, prilikom čega su se anketirali učenici. Anketa se sastoji od 9 pitanja.This graduate thesis is focused on the theater in general and also on the historic development of the theater in Požega, its characteristics as the institution. This thesis tells us something about the theater and methods of drama in the Croatian language instruction and also about the influence of going to theater to Croatian language instruction. Aim of the research is to examine the will, stimulus and availability of going to the theatre among the pupils in Požega and nearby. The tasks of this research are to examine if the pupils love going to the theatre and if there is any difference between the urban schools and rural schools as far as the availability of going to the theatre is concerned. The process was carried out in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades of the schools: Dobriša Cesarić, Catholic elementary school, Elementary school Mladost Jakšić and Elementary school Dragutin Lerman in Brestovac. The pupils were interviewed and the questionnaire has 9 questions