Analysis of Grammar Vocabulary in Foreign Language Textbooks: Italian, German, English, and Macedonian

Koceva, Vesna and Kuzmanovska, Dragana and Kirova, Snezana and Vitanova-Ringaceva, Ana (2022) Analysis of Grammar Vocabulary in Foreign Language Textbooks: Italian, German, English, and Macedonian. 16th International Technology, Education and Development Conference March 7th-8th, 2022. pp. 5297-5305. ISSN 2340-1079

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Abstract

This paper analyzes grammar vocabulary in foreign language textbooks. It describes how metalinguistic
terminology is presented in textbooks of Italian, German, English and Macedonian as a foreign language
intended for students at level A1.1.
First it analyzes how grammatical terms and expressions are presented, which strategies are used to
explain their meaning, whether attention is paid to the problems that may arise in mastering their
meaning, and how much attention is given to these terms. The analysis includes terms and expressions
that lexically identify the grammatical aspects of the foreign language in question. It is a very specific
terminology (e.g., verb, article, singular, personal pronouns, etc.), but also a lexicon that does not have
grammatical value, but in a metalinguistic context it acquires it (regular, irregular), as well as words used
in grammatical explanations (sentence, word, syllable, etc.).
The analysis is divided according to the foreign language, and then a comparison is made between
different textbooks for a foreign language.
The subject of our analysis is the grammatical terminology of foreign language textbooks that are most
often used in the educational institutions in the Republic of North Macedonia and the Macedonian
language textbook that is used in the Macedonian language courses for foreigners in the Republic of
North Macedonia:
• Italian language textbooks: Nuovo Progetto Italiano 1, Corso multimediale di lingua e civiltà
italiana, livello elementare A1-A2, T. Marin & S. Magnelli, Edilingua; Nuovo Espresso, Corso di
italiano A1, L. Ziglio & G. Rizzo, Alma Edizioni;
• German language textbooks: Planet 1, Deutsch für Jugendliche, A1, G. Koop & S. Büttner Hueber
Verlang; Paul, Lisa & Co, Deutsch für Kinder, A1.1, Bovermann M., Georgiakaki, M. & Zschärlich,
R., Hueber Verlang;
• English language textbooks: Upstream Beginner A1+ Student’s Book, V. Evans & J. Dooley,
Express Publishing; Solutions Elementary Student's Book A1-A2, T. Falla & P. A. Davies, Oxford
University Press.
• Macedonian language textbooks: Зборувате ли македонски?, почетен курс, M. Кусевска и Л.
Mитковска, Скопје: Просветно дело. (Do you speak Macedonian?, Elementary course, М.
Kusevska & L. Mitkovska, Skopje: Prosvetno delo).
As authors and, above all, as foreign language teachers with many years of work experience, we give
our own insight into how understandable and clear metalinguistic terminology can be understandable
and clear for beginners.
Keywords: grammatical terms, foreign language, metalinguistic terminology, grammatical explanations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	grammatical terms, foreign language, metalinguistic terminology, grammatical explanations.
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Snezana Kirova
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2022 07:07
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2022 07:07
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29839

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