Rhythm and Movement in the Early Learning of Ger

U radu se razmatra značenje govora, ritma i pokreta u ranom učenju njemačkoga jezika. Posebno se naglašava da rano učenje stranoga jezika treba organizirati tako da u njega budu uključena različita osjetilna iskustva, pokret i ritmički elementi, pazeći pritom na odabir adekvatnih nastavnih sadržaja i izmjenu različitih aktivnosti koji uvažavaju cjelovitost dječje spoznaje i otkrivanje svijeta svim osjetilima. Nakon teorijskog dijela ponuđeni su i pojašnjeni sadržaji koji se posebno odnose na usvajanje novih riječi te pravilan izgovor određenih glasova u njemačkom jeziku, intonaciju, slušnu percepciju, a sve to na igriv način, uz pomoć pokreta i ritma.The paper discusses the meaning of speech, rhythm, and movement in the early learning of German. It specially emphasises the fact that early learning of a foreign language needs to be organised in a way that involves different sensory experiences, movement and rhythmic elements, paying attention to selecting adequate teaching materials and the exchange of different activities, which take into account the comprehensiveness of children’s cognitive skills and their ability to use all the senses in discovering the world. Following the theoretical part, the paper brings and elaborates exercises that especially refer to adopting new words and the correct pronunciation of specifi c sounds in German, intonation, auditory perception. All this is done in a playful by way of using movement and rhythm