Metodički principi približavanja uslovnih rečenica (engl. Conditional Sentences) u nastavi engleskog jezika

This paper deals with establishing and solving of potential problems concerning clarification and efficient learning of conditional sentences in the English language, that are a grammar unit which often seems like an insurmountable obstacle for those whose learning target is language mastery and therefore skillful use of these sentences. Primarily, the process of teachers transferring knowledge to secondary school students is taken into consideration, as these students possess the necessary linguistic knowledge and cognitive scheme as a potential for the effective acquisition of the relevant unit. In their case, therefore, the very learning process can result in skillful use of conditional sentences and their activation through linguistic skills. The accent is not only on the process of conditional sentence forming, but also on potential problems, and overcoming of those from the aspect of methodical principles, primarily deductive learning and cognitive approach, with the aim of indicating the importance of teaching grammar as a skill.