LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND CROATIAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Ovim radom, koji je nastao u okviru projekta “Engleski jezik u Hrvatskoj “, određuje se mjesto slušanja engleskoga s razumijevanjem u ukupnoj kompetenciji. Utvrđuje se da su u osnovnoj školi učenice nešto bolje od učenika u ovoj komponenti, dok u srednjim školama u tom pogledu nema razlika. Intenzitet učenja engleskoga u osnovnoj školi povezan je s uspješnošću u razumijevanju slušanoga, ali nije u tome presudan. Za srednje škole nije utvrđena povezanost intenziteta učenja i uspjeha u ovoj komponenti testa. Duljina učenja također se pokazala neznatno povezanom s uspjehom u slušanju s razumijevanjem. Gradski učenici pokazali su se boljima od seoskih u promatranoj komponenti testa. Autorica u diskusiji posebno ističe ulogu izloženosti engleskome jeziku u Hrvatskoj kao važnome faktoru koji vjerojatno utječe na razvoj ove jezične vještine.This paper was written as part of the project “English in Croatia” and deals with the place of English listening comprehension in total competence. It is shown that in primary school girls are better at this component than boys, whereas in secondary school the sex of pupils makes no difference in this respect. The intensity of English - learning in primary school is related to achievement in listening comprehension, but is not decisive. In secondary school sample no correlation has been found between the intensity of learning and achievement in this component of the test. Length of learning has also been found to be nonsignifi cantly related with achievement in listening comprehension. City pupils turn out to be more successful than pupils from small towns in this component of the test. In her discussion of results the author puts special emphasis on the role of exposure to English in out-of-school everyday life