Abstract
Riddles have great importance in the development of child’s personality. Among other things,
they affect the development of the lingual competence, give plenty of material for speech
development, accurate articulation of speech sounds and words, enrich the students’
vocabulary, influence the students’ self-regulating expression, and, of course, have many other
educational purposes. Bearing in mind the importance of riddles in the educational process,
this paper first analyses the Macedonian language teaching curriculum and Macedonian
language textbooks intended for teaching and learning the Macedonian language in the first
cycle of the nine-year primary education, regarding the pedagogic function of the riddles, their
(un) satisfactory number, and their accordance with the students’ age. Then, a survey among
the teachers who teach Macedonian language in the first cycle of the nine-year primary
education was carried out in order to have an insight of their attitudes toward the presence of
the riddles in the curriculum and the textbooks, and their approach toward riddles in their
everyday educational practice. The research has qualitative (content analysis) and quantitative
paradigm, and descriptive design. The sample consists of the Macedonian language-teaching
curriculum, the Macedonian language textbooks for the first cycle of the nine-year primary
education, and of 100 teachers who teach Macedonian language in the first cycle of the nineyear primary education. Analysis, synthesis and comparison are the methods used for
processing the data and gaining conclusion. The approaches of the teachers were collected
through survey. The results of the research indicate that there is a need of more serious
approach toward the riddles from the persons responsible for writing the curriculum and the
textbooks in order for the riddle to keep their pedagogic function.
Violeta Januševa, Nikolina Lozanovska. (2016) Riddles in the Macedonian Language Educational Process, in the First Cycle of the Nine-year Elementary Education in the Republic of Macedonia, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-26, Issue-2.
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