Learner's Relationship to English a School Subject

The thesis deals with teaching of the English language from the viewpoint of development of a relationship to the school subject in the course of primary education. The theoretical part describes findings of developmental psychology with a focus on specific features of primary school learners; the thesis also characterizes key teaching areas of the English language and it concentrates on emotions accompanying the educational process. It compares various views of experts and describes preconditions for efficient education of schoolchildren. The practical part of the thesis is based on structured interviews. The obtained data are used to explain development of the relationship of children to English as a school subject. The thesis also explores selected methods and approaches as they are seen by current schoolchildren and future teachers at the first level of elementary schools