The Usage of Puppets in Teaching L2: the Case of Croatian

Potrebu i važnost lutke u obrazovnom procesu potvrđuju sve raširenija praksa i sve brojniji stručni radovi. Pomoću lutke mogu se poučavati različiti nastavni predmeti, no ona je osobito pogodna za učenje jezika, kako prvoga, tako i svih sljedećih jezika, i to za polaznike različite dobi, različitoga znanja jezika i različite motiviranosti. Izvrsno je pomagalo pri oslobađanju od jezičnoga straha, budući da se polaznik osjeća zaklonjen lutkom, odvojen od lutke, pa lakše progovara na njemu stranomu jeziku jer lutka smije pogriješiti, smije biti čudna, smije biti smiješna. Ovaj rad bavi se upotrebom lutke u učenju inoga jezika, posebno hrvatskoga kao inoga jezika. Opisuje nastavni proces u kojemu se koristi lutkom: motivaciju, lutku kao polazište za lutkarsku igru i tekst kao polazište za lutkarsku igru: zadani, dramatizirani i vlastiti.The need and importance of incorporating the puppet in the teaching process is being confirmed in literature and expanding practice. The puppet can help in teaching various subjects, but it is particularly appropriate in teaching language as a first and also all following languages, for pupils and students of various ages, various prior knowledge and various motivations. This paper deals with that use of the puppet in teaching a second, foreign and heritage language, particularly with Croatian as such language. As teaching Croatian as L2 has received more attention recently, new and improved methods are required. It is an excellent aid in liberating the learner from language fear, since he/she feels concealed behind the puppet and also separate from it, finding it easier to speak out in the L2 language, since the puppet is permitted to make mistakes, it can dare to be strange and to be funny. After short review of the role of puppet in professional papers on this subject, the types of puppet and other elements in creating a puppet play such as scenography, music and sound effects, the teaching process with the use of the puppet is described in this paper: motivation, creation of the puppetry play based on puppets, examples of making the most simple puppets, creation of the text for the puppetry play based on a set text, dramatisation and/or adaptation or one’s own conception