Introducing phraseologisms units in junior grades of primary school

Abstract

One of the novelties in the reformed Curriculum for the Fourth Grade of Primary School (2019) the application of which will begin from 2021/2022 is the introduction of common linguistic expressions into the curriculum content and phraseological units into outcomes of the Serbian Language course. Although we are talking about the content of a single course, it marks a major step forward and lays the groundwork for methodological acquisition of phraseology in junior grades of primary school. Therefore, our paper provides specific methodological recommendations and know-how for introducing students to phraseologisms in junior grades of primary school, and points to the terminological inconsistency between concepts in the curriculum content, learning and instructions for didactic-methodological implementation of the curriculum outcomes that may bear upon the selection of language teaching material, thus putting fourth-graders in an unfavourable position when it comes to enriching their vocabulary with phraseological units. This implies the need for harmonization of terminology in the curriculum content and learning outcomes, harmonization of learning outcomes with the requirements of contemporary teaching methodology, as well as the need for further methodological research that will address the issue of studying phraseological units in junior grades of primary school.

Keywords

• serbian language
• phraseological unit
• methodological approach to phraseology
• junior grades of primary school
• primary school students