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Parents and Educational Change – the Need for Reculturing Parents In Lowering the Starting Age of Foreign Language Learning

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Pižorn K., Fojkar M. D.

The New Educational Review

2013

vol. 34

63-73

Many countries across the world have been lowering the starting age of foreign language learning (FLL) to an earlier age. While the roles of learners and teachers have mostly been studied from a variety of perspectives, learners’ parents have often been examined for their opinions of FLL, but not as real partners who need the same amount of ‘reculturing’ as other involved stakeholders. In the presented case study, parents were involved in the planning and implementing of lowering the FLL starting age from age 9 to age 6. The results of the questionnaire and the teachers’ interviews show that ‘recultured’ parents’ attitudes to lowering the starting age can differ greatly from those of ‘non-recultured’ parents if the most important variables for the successful implementation of an educational change have been fulfilled. The ‘recultured’ parents’ model can be of great help to decision makers and other stakeholders involved in teaching foreign languages.

The Correlation Between Elementary Students’ English Listening Skills and Their Interest in and Views on Learning English

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Musa N. N., Mihajlovski Z., Fojkar M. D.

The New Educational Review

2022

vol. 69

143-156

This paper examines the relationship between students’ listening comprehension skills and their opinions and interest in learning English. The participants were 514 ninth-grade students in public elementary schools in the Republic of Kosovo. A standardised listening comprehension test was used to assess students’ listening skills, followed by a questionnaire covering a range of opinions and interest in learning English. The results indicate a significant positive correlation between proficiency in English listening and factors such as interest in learning English, perception of English as a motivating skill, and lower levels of learning difficulty. In addition, favouring a dedicated language school for learning English was found to be a significant factor in English listening proficiency.

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Parents and Educational Change – the Need for Reculturing Parents In Lowering the Starting Age of Foreign Language Learning

The Correlation Between Elementary Students’ English Listening Skills and Their Interest in and Views on Learning English