STJEPKO TEŽAK – FOUNDER OF THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO CROATIAN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Stjepko Težak utemeljitelj je znanstvene razine više disciplina metodike hrvatskoga jezika: metodike slovnice (gramatike), metodike govornog izražavanja te metodike fi lma u osnovnoj školi. Te je discipline godinama predavao na znanstvenom studiju kroatistike, a to potvrđuju i dva njegova kapitalna djela – Teorija i praksa nastave hrvatskoga jezika i Metodika nastave fi lma. Svoje je znanstvene spoznaje praktično primijenio u udžbenicima hrvatskoga jezika za više razrede osnovne škole, koje je izdavao neprekidno tridesetak godina i iz kojih je učilo isto toliko generacija učenika. U tome je njegov najvažniji stručni doprinos što ga je ostavio nakon smrti 1. kolovoza 2006. Osim toga bavio se, u području metodike hrvatskoga jezika, i metodikom književnosti te slobodnim aktivnostima, a izvan metodike znanstvenim jezikoslovljem i jezičnim savjetovanjem.Stjepko Težak is the founder of the scientifi c approach to several disciplines of Croatian language teaching methodology: grammar, spoken expression and fi lm. He taught those disciplines for years as part of the Zagreb University study of Croatian language and literature. His approach is explained in his two capital works – Theory and Practice of Croatian Language Teaching Methodology and Film Teaching Methodology. His scientifi c ideas and concepts were implemented in his textbooks for Croatian for upper primary school, which he published for thirty years running and which were used by as many generations of students. All this represents his most important contribution which was interrupted by his death on 1 August, 2006. Other areas of his interest were the teaching of literature, extracurricular activities as well as linguistics and the current usage of language