LEARNING AND TEACHING FOREIGN LANGNAGES IN THE SLOVENIAN WALDORF SCHOOL

V diplomskem delu so predstavljene teorije o pridobivanju tujega jezika. V teoretičnem delu diplome je opisan razvoj otroškega govora v prvem tujem jeziku, njegovo pridobivanje jezikovnih znanj, spretnosti in sposobnosti, poti do znanja tujega jezika, spoznavni stili in učenje tujega jezika, dejavniki uspešnega učenja, vpliv učenja tujega jezika na materinščino in pomen učenja tujih jezikov. V nadaljevanju sta opisani javna osnovna šola in waldorfska osnovna šola, kjer so opisane razlike v njunih programih, pouk angleškega jezika na obeh šolah v 1. triletju ter primerjava učnih načrtov za angleščino v 2. triletju. Predstavljena je tudi primerjava sistema vzgoje med waldorfsko šolo in javno osnovno šolo, primerjava obeh šol v poučevanju in vlogi učitelja, sodelovanje in interakcija s starši, kazalniki zadovoljstva staršev, uporaba učnih pripomočkov in didaktičnih iger pri izvedbi pouka angleščine, pomen nebesednih sredstev pri pouku angleščine v otroštvu ter izobrazba in usposabljanje zaposlenih. V empiričnem delu diplome sem želela pridobiti podatke o tem, kakšno je stališče staršev do tujega jezika in poučevanja angleščine v drugem triletju na waldorfski osnovni šoli v Mariboru. S pomočjo anketnih vprašalnikov sem pridobila odgovore na vprašanja glede zastavljenih ciljev in hipotez. Podatki so pokazali, da imajo starši dober odnos do učenja tujega jezika in so zadovoljni z učiteljevimi pristopi pri poučevanju angleščine na Waldorfski šoli Maribor.The undergraduate thesis presents theories regarding acquisition of foreign language. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the development of children\u27s speech in first foreign language, the acquisition of language skills and abilities, ways to the knowledge of foreign language, learning styles and learning foreign language, factors of a successful learning, the influence of learning foreign language on mother tongue and the importance of learning foreign languages. There is a description of public elementary schools and waldorf schools about the differences between their programs, betwen lessons of English in the first triennium and the comparison betwen the curriculum for English lessons in the second cycle. There is also a comparison of a sistem of education betwen waldorf school and public schools, where there is a comparison betwen both schools in teaching and the role of teacher, collaboration and interaction with parents, indications of parents satisfaction, the use of teaching aids and didactic games in English lessons, the importance of non-verbal means for English lessons in the childhood and the education and training of teachers. In the empirical part of the thesis I wanted to get informations about parents\u27 opinions about foreign language and teaching English in the second cycle in Waldorf School in Maribor. With the questionnaries I received the answers to the questions about objectives and hypothesis. The data showed that parents have a good attitude to learning foreign language and are satisfied with the teachers approaches to teaching English at Waldorf School in Maribor