Slovnica u pučkoj školi
The grammar in primary school

Summary/Abstract: The need, purpose, ways and forms of grammar teaching in a primary school were discussed on the pages of the magazine Napredak in the second half of the 19th century. Napredak is the oldest pedagogical magazine in Croatia and it is at the same time one of the oldest professional magazines published in Croatian. The discussions in Napredak are based on differences in opinion about language teaching and using grammar in a primary schooL There are three basic groups. The first one wants the language teaching to be fitted for primary school children. The second, less radical group, advocates grammar teaching, but suitable for young learners. The third group reasons that the grammar should not be taught in a primary school at all unless a child makes a mistake. Discussions led for nearly two decades have not given the solution to these problems, but they have contributed in identifying the role of grammar in a primary school.

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