The effect of including literary texts in English language instruction in Slovenia

Burazer, Lara (avtor), Skela, Janez (avtor)

This article provides an overview of the Slovenian syllabuses for English as a school subject over the past 80 years, focusing on literary texts as content. The findings are correlated with trends in ELT of the relevant periods, which are typically mirrored in the contents and structure of formally approved and widely used coursebooks in Slovenia. The results are compared with recent trends in ELT in Slovenia using two methods: a) an analysis of the extent of literary content featured in a selected corpus of formally approved contemporary English coursebooks used in Slovenian primary schools, and b) an analysis of Slovene primary school students’ success in standardized testing. Finally, a synthesis of these analyses is provided to shed light on the effectiveness of including literary content in ELT, as reflected in the primary school students’ standardized test scores.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Slovenian syllabuses, literary texts, ELT trends, coursebooks, standardized testing
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 38-52
• Številčenje: Vol. 18, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-181946
• UDK: 811.111'243:37.091.3:82
• ISSN pri članku: 1916-4742
• DOI: 10.5539/elt.v18n3p38
• COBISS.SI-ID: 227389187
• Datum objave v RUL: 20.04.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: English language teaching
• Založnik: Canadian Center of Science and Education
• ISSN: 1916-4742
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2089059

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: slovenski učni načrti, literarna besedila, trendi v didaktiki angleščine, učbeniki, nacionalno preverjanje