Material adaptation and differentiation in teaching slovene as a second (foreign) language and the effect of motivation on student successfulness

V današnjem času je v Evropi več priseljencev, kot jih je bilo kadar koli prej. Priseljevanje je prisotno tudi v Sloveniji. V preteklosti so k nam prihajali predvsem prebivalci bivše Jugoslavije, danes pa se v našo državo zaradi službe, ljubezni ali družine priseljujejo ljudje s celega sveta. Večina se jih želi vključiti v družbo, normalno zaživeti in si tukaj ustvariti dom. Predpogoj za uspešno integracijo je znanje jezika okolja, v našem primeru slovenščine. Priseljenci se lahko vključijo v tečaje slovenščine kot drugega/tujega jezika povsod po državi in tako poskrbijo, da so se sposobni sporazumevati v vsakdanjem življenju. Za poučevanje našega jezika obstaja veliko kakovostnega gradiva, vendar se kažejo pomanjkljivosti, ki so mdr. povezane tudi s pripadnostjo posameznika določeni jezikovni skupnosti. V magistrskem delu je opozorjeno na pomanjkljivosti, ob tem pa so podani predlogi za izboljšavo in diferenciacijo nalog. Predmet zanimanja so še dejavniki motivacije in njihov vpliv na uspešnost učenja slovenščine kot drugega/tujega jezika. Teoretični del je zaradi obsežnosti tematike razdeljen na obravnavo učenja in izobraževanja, kjer je poudarek namenjen odraslim in posebnostim poučevanja tovrstne skupine, na obravnavo slovenščine kot drugega/tujega jezika, pri čemer so obdelani izobraževalni programi in možnosti učenja, ter obravnavo obstoječega gradiva za poučevanje. V empiričnem delu je predstavljena analiza nalog v obstoječem gradivu, sledijo pa ji predlogi izboljšav in možnosti diferenciacije glede na jezikovno predznanje oz. pripadnost določeni jezikovni skupnosti. Nadgradnja zapisanega je analiza podatkov, pridobljenih z anketo, ki so dali vpogled v pomen motivacije pri učenju slovenščine kot drugega/tujega jezika in v njeno povezanost z uspešnostjo učenja tujega jezika.Europe is facing with more immigrants than ever before. Immigrations also occur in Slovenia. In the past we had immigrants mostly from ex-Yugoslavia, but today people from all over the world immigrate, because of various reasons. Most people would like to integrate into our society, live a normal life and create a home. The prerequisite for a successful integration is learning the language of the environment, in this case the Slovenian language. Immigrants are able to join Slovene courses as a second/foreign language all across the country, so that it enables them a clear communication in their everyday lives. For language teaching there is a lot of high quality studying materialhowever there are certain deficiencies, which are among others, connected to the belonging of an individual to a specific language community. The master thesis points out these deficiencies, while at the same time it also offers suggestions for improvements and the differentiation of exercises. The point of interest lies also in the motivation factors and their influence on the successfulness of learning Slovene as a second/foreign language. The theoretical part of the thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with teaching and educating, with the focus being on the adults and the features of teaching these groups. The second part is about Slovene as the second/foreign language, with the focus on educational programs and the possibilities of teaching and the last part is about the existing teaching materials. The empirical part involves analysing the exercises in the existing materials. It is followed by improvement suggestions and differentiation possibilities, depending on the level of knowledge and the belonging to a certain language community. Additionally there is also an analysis of data gathered with a survey, which gave a clear insight into motivation while learning Slovene as a second/foreign language and the connection with the successfulness of learning a foreign language