Approaches to teaching meanings of verbal prefixes and prefixed verbs in Croatian as L2 Cover Image

Modeli poučavanja značenja glagolskih prefikasa i prefigiranih glagola u nastavi hrvatskoga kao inoga jezika
Approaches to teaching meanings of verbal prefixes and prefixed verbs in Croatian as L2

Author(s): Darko Matovac, Sanda Lucija Udier
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Language acquisition, Cognitive linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: verbal prefixes; prefixed verbs; Croatian as a second and foreign language; language teaching; cognitive linguistics based teaching;

Summary/Abstract: In the first part of this paper two existing models of teaching meanings of verbal prefixes and the process of verbal prefixation in Croatian as a second and foreign language are discussed – the verb-centric model known as the verbs in context model and the prefix-centric model known as the prefix by prefix model. In addition to several positive aspects of these two models, their shortcomings are identified as well, and consequently the need for the development of a new model of teaching verbal prefixation in Croatian as a second and foreign language is recognized. The paper proposes a new model based on the description of verbal prefixes and their uses as produced within cognitive linguistics theoretical framework. It can be presupposed that this newly devised model will be superior to the previous two models since it is more concrete, simple, logic and clearer concerning the presentation of the process of verbal prefixation.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 495-518
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Croatian