English collocations in scholary articles about special education needs children

undergraduate thesis

• Author: Mihael Antolić
• Mentor: Alenka Mikulec (mentor)
• Committee member: Alenka Mikulec (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vendi Franc (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jasna Kudek Mirošević (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-09-16, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy; Early Childhood and Preschool Pedagogy
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy; Specific Pedagogy
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies; Teaching Methods in the Humanistic Sciences
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; General Linguistics

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to emphasize the importance of using collocations as a tool for more successful English language acquisition and more fluent and natural speech. Creating a list of collocations related to children with special needs is a small contribution to more successful education of preschool teachers for the purpose of accomplishing a higher common goal, which is to provide better conditions for the growth and development of children. This is especially important for those children who differ in some aspects of development from their peers, and who are often placed at a disadvantage. The following special needs are briefly described in this thesis: reading difficulties, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome. Nowadays, thanks to advances in the accurate diagnosis of special needs, and therefore an increased number of diagnosed children, a significant number of experts are showing interest in dealing with this topic. One of the foundations of any profession, especially of preschool education, is professional development and lifelong learning, which implies constant work on oneself and one’s skills in order to acquire new knowledge and become more successful at implementing this knowledge in practice. Since one of the main tools in that work is the professional literature, most of which is written in English, this thesis analyses collocations in fourteen scholarly articles related to special needs. For the same reason, this thesis also provides a small glossary, listing some of the most common terms related to special needs with their equivalents in the Croatian language.

Abstract (croatian)

Svrha je ovoga rada naglasiti važnost korištenja kolokacija za uspješnije usvajanje jezika i tečniji i prirodniji govor. Izrada lista kolokacija vezanih za djecu s posebnim potrebama mali je doprinos uspješnijoj edukaciji odgojitelja u svrhu višeg zajedničkog cilja, a to je pružanje što boljih uvjeta za rast i razvoj djece, a posebno onoj djeci koja odudaraju u nekim aspektima razvoja od svojih vršnjaka i često su stavljena u nepovoljniji položaj od ostalih. U ovom radu ukratko su opisane sljedeće posebne potrebe: poteškoće čitanja, ADHD, poteškoće iz spektra autizma i sindrom Down. U današnje vrijeme, zahvaljujući napretku u točnom dijagnosticiranju posebnih potreba i stoga povećanom broju dijagnosticirane djece, stručnjaci se u velikoj mjeri bave ovom temom. Jedan od temelja svake profesije, a posebno odgojiteljske je stručno usavršavanje i cjeloživotno učenje, koji podrazumijevaju konstantan rad na sebi i svojim vještinama u svrhu usvajanja novih znanja i uspješnije i kvalitetnije primjene tih znanja u praksi. Jedan od glavnih alata u tom radu je stručna literatura, koja je uglavnom pisana na engleskom kao dominantom jeziku znanstvenih radova. U tu svrhu ovaj rad analizira kolokacije u četrnaest izdvojenih znanstvenih članaka vezanih za posebne potrebe. Iz istoga razloga ovaj rad također donosi manji glosar u kojemu su navedeni neki od najčešćih pojmova vezanih za posebne potrebe s njihovim inačicama na hrvatskom jeziku

• Keywords: collocations; reading disabilities; ADHD; autism spectrum disorder; Down syndrome
• Keywords (croatian): kolokacije; poteškoće čitanja; ADHD; poteškoće iz spektra autizma; sindrom Down
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:828567
• Study programme: Title: Undergraduate University Study of Early and Preschool Education; Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/ prvostupnica (baccalaureus/ baccalaurea) odgojitelj/odgojiteljica djece rane i predškolske dobi (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/ prvostupnica (baccalaureus/ baccalaurea) odgojitelj/odgojiteljica djece rane i predškolske dobi)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-10-16 11:01:08