Calling the Bluff: A Critique of English-language Literary Curriculum in the Slovene Secondary Education
Literature has enjoyed a long and colourful tradition as a part of the English curriculum in Slovene secondary education. After almost half a century of excerpt-based literary curriculum, the reform of 1994 established a holistic study of English-language literary works with advanced-level Matura t...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2009-12-01
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Literature has enjoyed a long and colourful tradition as a part of the English curriculum in Slovene secondary education. After almost half a century of excerpt-based literary curriculum, the reform of 1994 established a holistic study of English-language literary works with advanced-level Matura testing as an integral part of the new paradigm. The reform proved ill-conceived: the students' proficiency level was overestimated, the teachers did not receive additional training, and there proved to be incompatibilities with the Slovene literary curriculum. Over the years, these shortcomings have not been addressed; moreover, there was a turn for the worse in certain areas. As a response to the current state of affairs, certain potential modifications and changes to the programme are reviewed, including the discontinuation of English literary curriculum in Slovene secondary schools.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1fdcd2684bb4351a0017780b015eaa62023-01-18T14:03:26ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Vestnik za Tuje Jezike1855-84532350-42692009-12-0111-210.4312/vestnik.1.53-85Calling the Bluff: A Critique of English-language Literary Curriculum in the Slovene Secondary EducationSašo Podobnik Literature has enjoyed a long and colourful tradition as a part of the English curriculum in Slovene secondary education. After almost half a century of excerpt-based literary curriculum, the reform of 1994 established a holistic study of English-language literary works with advanced-level Matura testing as an integral part of the new paradigm. The reform proved ill-conceived: the students' proficiency level was overestimated, the teachers did not receive additional training, and there proved to be incompatibilities with the Slovene literary curriculum. Over the years, these shortcomings have not been addressed; moreover, there was a turn for the worse in certain areas. As a response to the current state of affairs, certain potential modifications and changes to the programme are reviewed, including the discontinuation of English literary curriculum in Slovene secondary schools. https://journals.uni-lj.si/Vestnik/article/view/3457Calling the BluffA Critique of English-language Literary Curriculum in the Slovene Secondary Education |
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