The development of Krashen`s theory of second language acquisition has been disadvantaged due to the dispute over its untestable hypotheses. In his Monitor Model Krashen (1981; 1982; 1985) claims that linguistic competence can only be acquired subconsciously, while conscious learning mainly depends on learners’ mood and emotions at the time of lear...

By Mersad Dervić, Nizama Spahić

The objective of this study was to make a scientific description of motivation factors in maktab teaching by analyzing the attitudes of students, mualims and parents. We supposed that mualims use various strategies and actions to motivate their students. A method of theoretical analysis and a descriptive-analytical method were employed, while the f...

By Safet Beganović, Derviš Varešlija

Academic motivation implies an internal process that initiates and maintains activities aimed at reaching certain academic goals. The objective of this research was to explore the psychometric characteristics of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). The sample comprised 157 participants, high school students in the Sarajevo Canton. An item analysis ...

By Anela Hasanagić, Nina Bosankić

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By Mehmed Kico, Samir Beglerović

Today we witness that English has already virtually taken one of the crucial roles on the global stage. Therefore, this paper´s goal is to explore the change that the English Language use has undergone in today´s globalized world that has led to the birth of a new construct in the field of English Language conceptualization, namely English as a Lin...

By Elma Dedović-Atilla, Vildana Dubravac

Heraclitus is one of the most influential and most controversial thinkers in the human history. His ideas had an impact on the formation and further development of some of the most important and most specific concepts in philosophy, such as idea, dialectics, logos, eternal return, etc. He exerted a significant influence over all great philosophers ...

By Sedad Dizdarević, Mensur Valjevac

This paper aims to stress the importance of building rapport with young EFL (English as a foreign language) learners and to investigate the connection between student-teacher rapport and students’ achievement in an EFL classroom. It also treats some methods and approaches that should be used when teaching young language learners with respect to the...

By Lejla Žunić-Rizvić, Vildana Dubravac

The aim of this paper was by relying on the relevant theoretical sources to enlighten the role and significance of counting-out rhymes in the development of preschool children’s musical abilities. The starting point was the fact that contemporary music pedagogy more often maintains the stance that all children are quite musically talented and capab...

By Indira Meškić

This paper examines Hanafī legal school theoretical interpretations of the logical and legal meaning of the legislative text (dalālatu-n-naṣṣ) and the consequences of such an interpretation on the legal norms that the Hanafis came to with their ijtihād. At the beginning, the question of possible textual indications (ed-delalāt) of legislative texts...

By Šukrija Ramić

Student life often involves separating from home, parents and parental support, so for students it, not rarely, presents a quite challenging, difficult and stressful period of life. For these reasons, students become the users of psychological counseling services. The aim of this paper is to explore whether students’ nationality is an important fac...

By Anela Hasanagić, Habibe Kalioncy