English articles - insights from L2 learners

This thesis compares two approaches to designing teaching materials. One of them is based on the traditional approach to grammar and the other is based on the cognitive approach to grammar. Two groups of high-school students were tested in order to determine their pre-existing knowledge of English articles. After that, the two groups were taught according to two different lesson plans, and they were tested again immediately after the lessons were over. They were tested for the third time two weeks after the lessons. The traditional group showed slight improvement and the cognitive group showed substantial improvement.Ovaj rad uspoređuje dva pristupa oblikovanju nastavnog gradiva. Jedan od njih je tradicionalni pristup gramatici, a drugi se temelji na kognitivnoj gramatici. Dvije skupine srednjoškolaca su bile testirane kako bi se utvrdilo njihovo inicijalno znanje o sustavu engleskih članova. Zatim su dvije skupine bile poučavane dvama različitim lekcijama. Potom su ponovno testirane odmah nakon završetka poučavanja. Treći put su testirani dva tjedna nakon poučavanja. Tradicionalna grupa je ostvarila malen napredak, a kognitivna grupa je ostvarila znatan napredak