Author:
Skenderi Samir,Janusheva Violeta
Abstract
Given that much research stresses out the positive homework impact on the students’ achievements in learning a foreign language, this study examines the English languageelementary students’opinionson homeworkin order to depict whether the Republic Kosovo’s elementary schools emphasize the significant role of homework in the foreign language teaching and learning process. Therefore, qualitative interviews with 30 English language elementary students from the sixth grade are conducted as a method for collecting data. The sample consists of 30 interviews’ transcript, and the analysis rests upon coding and the interpretative-inductive approach. The research results showthat the elementary education in the Republic of Kosovo recognizes the homework importance and that homework playsa significant role in students’success, i.e. it helps students to learn the lessons better and also allows them to become independent learners
Publisher
University St. Kliment Ohridski - Bitola
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