The thesis explores how English and German teachers in primary school promote (extensive) reading in foreign languages and encourage their students to dedicate their free time to reading books. The first part presents the concept of reading skills, reading in a foreign language, and reading of literature texts as well as the purpose and use of literature as a teaching tool. Furthermore, the thesis explores reading motivation and techniques to stimulate students' motivation. Presented in more detail are intensive and extensive types of reading along with
various reading approaches teachers can resort to while promoting oral reading in classrooms. The second part presents the results of the survey carried out among English and German teachers across Slovenia. Research questions pertain to topics such as organising a reading
badge, the number of participating students, preparation before the competitions, the level of students’ interest. Some alternative reading projects organised by teachers are also presented.
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