Understanding of idioms in a selected Grimm\u27s fairy tale by frist and fifth grade pupils

Frazeologija je veda o stalnih besednih zvezah, katere osnovni pojem je frazem s frazeološkim pomenom. Frazeologija v ožjem smislu pomeni, da so frazeološke jezikovne enote tiste, katerih pomena ni mogoče razbrati iz njenih sestavin (npr. knjižni molj)v širšem smislu pa pomeni, da so frazeološke jezikovne enote tiste, katerih pomen celote je enak vsoti pomenov sestavin (npr. spalna srajca). Frazeme pogosto srečamo v sodobni mladinski književnosti. Mlajši otroci imajo težave pri razumevanju le-teh, kar se v starostnih obdobjih govornega razvoja izboljšuje, vendar moramo učenje frazemov spodbujati. Pravljice so za otroka okolje, kjer spoznavajo življenje in knjižni jezik ter širijo besedni zaklad. V empiričnem delu smo želeli raziskati, kako učenci prvega in petega razreda razumejo frazeme v izbrani Grimmovi pravljici. Zanimalo nas je, ali na razumevanje vplivajo starost, spol in frazemi glede na njihovo delitev. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 20 učencev 1. in 5. razreda. Z metodo polstrukturiranega intervjuja in analize smo ugotovili, da starost pomembno vpliva na razumevanje frazemov, saj so jih starejši učenci razumeli več. Glede na spol so bili uspešnejši dečki, na splošno pa so učenci bolje razumeli frazeme s prenesenim pomenom kot pa tiste, katerih pomena ne moremo ugotoviti iz besed, ki ga tvorijo.Phraseology is the study of set or fixed expressions with its basic concept being idiom and its idiomatic meaning. In the narrower sense of phraseology, phraseological linguistic units are those whose meaning cannot be unravelled from its components, e. g. bookworm. In the broader sense, however, phraseological linguistic units are those whose full meaning equals the summarised meaning of its components, e. g. sleeping gown. Idioms are often found in contemporary adolescent literature. Younger children exhibit problems comprehending idioms, which does improve over stages of speech development. Nevertheless, the learning of idioms should be encouraged. Fairy tales offer the child an environment where one can learn about life and literary language as well as expand vocabulary. In the empirical section of the thesis, we wanted to explore how well first and fifth grade pupils understand idioms in a selected Grimm’s fairy tale. We wanted to establish whether age, gender and idioms according to their classification influence a child’s understanding of the latter. The survey involved twenty first and fifth grade pupils. With the method of semi-structured interview and analysis we learned that age significantly influences the understanding of idioms, namely older pupils were able to understand more idioms. Gender-wise boys were more successful. Generally speaking, nonetheless, pupils were better able to understand idioms which typically have a figurative meaning, as opposed to those, whose meaning can by no means be inferred from the words they consist of