Write or not to write in first

grade?
Statisti
Significantdifferences between control
and experimental group

The Mann Whitney Rank Sum Test

Outcome of researchSpelling skills as

the basics of writing in English are
influence in Croatian
Performing in the Croatian dictations-
experimental and control group

Early writing skills in English- effects

upon skills in Croatian
Firstgraders- motivation and attitude
toward writing in English

Interview- 6 questions

Two possible answers

Attitude towards writing…?

The pupils were interviewed
individually…

1. Do you like writing in English?

 negative 3, positive 27

2.Do you prefer writing in English to

writing in Croatian? 7 croatian, 23
English
3. What do you like about writing in
English?

The most frequent reasons for preferring

writing in English?

x, w, y
--strange, shorter words, no Č..
- Secret code
The non phonetic nature of the English..

“More difficult”

Graded much less frequently

4.Do you prefer writing to speaking in

English? 80% speaking
5.Do you prefer singing to writing in
English? 70% singing

Why answers like these?

Why preference for speaking?

Speaking skill also better represented in

the curriculum…
5. Which do you prefer in Croatian-
writing or speaking?
57%speaking , 43% writing

6. Would you like to write more or less in

English? 87% for more
What is your favourite activity in the
English class?

Basic writing in a foreign language at

this age should be based…

Frequent homework..
Dictations- practice and checking..

Teacher as source of confidence and

support for young learners in writing

Encouraging curiosity and motivating

interests, sharing joy bcz of first words
written in English