READING INTERESTS OF CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

V diplomski nalogi so predstavljeni bralni interesi učencev drugega in tretjega triletja dveh osnovnih šol v Zasavju. V teoretičnem delu je najprej predstavljeno branje na splošno, vrste branja, bralni razvoj, bralne sposobnostipišemo pa tudi o različnih tipih bralcev, bralni motivaciji, nagrajenih mladinskih knjigah in bralni znački. V empiričnem delu predstavimo rezultate raziskave o bralnih interesih, ki smo jo izvedli na dveh osnovnih šolah v Zasavju. Rezultati kažejo, da interes za branje s starostjo učencev padaučenci tretjega triletja berejo statistično značilno manj kot učenci drugega triletja. Opazne so tudi razlike v bralnem interesu med fanti in dekleti. Dekleta berejo statistično značilno pogosteje kot fantje. Rezultati so pokazali, da obstajajo statistično pomembne razlike med učenci drugega in tretjega triletja tudi v najpogosteje branih knjižnih žanrih. Medtem ko učenci drugega triletja radi prebirajo pustolovske knjige, učenci tretjega triletja radi posežejo tudi po knjigah z ljubezensko tematiko in po knjigah, ki obravnavajo določene probleme. Razlike se pojavljajo tudi med fanti in dekletidekleta rada berejo knjige z ljubezensko tematiko in knjige, ki obravnavajo določene probleme, fante pa bolj privlačijo knjige z znanstvenofantastično tematiko. Pri vseh učencih je eden najpomembnejših dejavnikov za izbiro knjige naslov. Rezultati so pokazali, da tako učenci drugega kot učenci tretjega triletja najraje prebirajo prozna besedila. V zadnjem delu diplomske naloge predstavimo seznam nekaterih bolj in manj priljubljenih literarnih del, ki so jih navedli učenci.In presented work we are researching reading interests of primary school students from two primary schools in Zasavje. In the first part of our work we present a theoretical framework associated with reading in general, types of reading, reading development and reading abilitieswe also discuss different types of readers, motivation for reading, books that won awards in the past years and reading badge. In the empirical part we present and analyse results based on our research on reading interests of primary school students. Results show, that the reading interest decreases with ageingchildren from fourth to sixth grade read more than children from seventh to ninth grade. Girls read more often than boys. Results also show that there are statistically significant differences between children from fourth to sixth grade and children from seventh to ninth grade in most commonly read book genres. Children from fourth to sixth grade like to read adventure books, whereas children from seventh to ninth grade also like to read love books and books that talk about different teen-related problems. We also found a statistically significant difference between girls and boys. Girls like to read love books and books associated with teen-related problems, while boys prefer science fiction. When it comes to book selection, mainly all children state that book’s title has the most important role. Most of children prefer prose to poetry and drama. In the last part of our work we present a list of book titles that are, according to children in our research, more or less popular