University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zapresic

Croatian language and culture for foreigners

Are you a foreigner working in Croatia or are you staying in Croatia for private reasons? Do you want to learn the basics of the Croatian language and script and thereby communicate more easily in a new environment?

Enroll in the course "Croatian language and culture for foreigners - levels A 1.1 and A 1.2" and acquire the communication competence in the Croatian language necessary for your successful functioning in everyday business and private situations.

Why Croatian language for foreigners?

Every year more and more citizens of foreign countries who speak different primary languages ​​choose the Republic of Croatia as their place of life and work. Despite the ubiquitous dominance of English, mastering and using the language of the environment in which he lives, regardless of whether it is a world language or a small national language, brings an individual a huge advantage in daily interactions with the environment, independence in communication and ultimately raises the quality of life in a new and often to an unknown environment.

PROGRAMMA DI APPRENDIMENTO PERMANENTE "LINGUA E CULTURA CROATA PER STRANIERI - MODULI A 1.1 E A 1.2"
LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME „CROATIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOR FOREIGNERS – MODULES A 1.1 AND A 1.2“
PROGRAMM FÜR LEBENSLANGES LERNEN "KROATISCHE SPRACHE UND KULTUR FÜR AUSLÄNDER - MODULE A 1.1 UND A 1.2"
Program description

The program consists of a linguistic and cultural module and pronunciation exercises. In other words, the participants will be taught the Croatian language, the pronunciation of Croatian voices and the basics of Croatian culture (history, geography, literature, music, art, popular culture, sports...).

The learning outcomes, teaching methods and teaching contents are aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​(ZEROJ), a fundamental document of the Council of Europe that regulates the evaluation of knowledge and competence of foreign languages ​​in the European Union.

In accordance with ZEROJ, the complete course, in its integral form, consists of two modules (A 1.1 and A 1.2). Each module consists of 75 teaching hours, and after listening to both modules, mastering the Croatian language at level A 1 is achieved (150 hours of language learning).

It is also possible to attend the course in an accelerated form, i.e. through 6 modules, each of which consists of 25 teaching hours.

Integral form of the course

Level A 1.1

  • Duration in teaching hours: 75
  • Method of performance: 15 weeks x 5 hours per week

Level A 1.2

  • Duration in teaching hours: 75
  • Method of performance: 15 weeks x 5 hours per week
Quick courses

1st course

  • Level (module); A 1.1 (part 1)
  • Duration in teaching hours: 25
  • Performance method: 5 weeks x 5 hours per week

2nd course

  • Level (module); A 1.1 (Part 2)
  • Duration in teaching hours: 25
  • Performance method: 5 weeks x 5 hours per week

3rd course

  • Level (module); A 1.1 (part 3)
  • Duration in teaching hours: 25
  • Performance method: 5 weeks x 5 hours per week

4th course

  • Level (module); A 1.2 (Part 1)
  • Duration in teaching hours: 25
  • Performance method: 5 weeks x 5 hours per week

5th course

  • Level (module); A 1.2 (Part 2)
  • Duration in teaching hours: 25
  • Performance method: 5 weeks x 5 hours per week

6th course

  • Level (module); A 1.2 (part 3)
  • Duration in teaching hours: 25
  • Performance method: 5 weeks x 5 hours per week
The goal of the program

The goal of the program is to enable participants to acquire communicative competence in the Croatian language at the initial level through a communicative approach to language teaching. Accordingly, participants will strive to equip themselves with the knowledge they need to communicate in the Croatian language in everyday business and private situations.

Learning outcomes

After completing the program, participants will be able to:

  • in slow and clear speech, recognize and identify familiar words and basic phrases in connection with one's person (introduction, greeting, job title, ethnicity), family (family members) and immediate concrete environment (description, belonging, spatial relations)
  • interpret familiar names, words and very simple sentences when reading short texts in Croatian
  • conduct a simple conversation (in the context of getting to know each other, navigating in space and among objects) if the interlocutor is ready to repeat, slow down or reformulate what was said and help him formulate what he wants to say and ask simple questions and give simple answers in the areas of recognizing familiar objects and people
  • fill out forms with personal details (eg, enter your name, nationality and address on the hotel check-in form or on a specific request/request...)
  • use simple phrases and sentences to describe where he comes from, where he lives and people he knows (nationality, personality traits)
  • to write simple isolated phrases and sentences (S + P + O) using the lexemes with which he has become familiar.
Who is the program intended for?

The program can be enrolled and attended by all foreigners with regulated legal status in the Republic of Croatia (foreigners with approved temporary residence according to the Law on Foreigners, Official Gazette 133/20), as well as citizens of the Republic of Croatia for whom Croatian is a second language, i.e. not their mother tongue.

Method, time and place of holding classes

Teaching is organized in the form of lectures and language and phonetic exercises. Classes take place in the form of 2.5 + 2.5 teaching hours per week, i.e. in a block of 5 teaching hours per week (depending on the needs and preferences of the participants).

Venue of the seminar:

  • premises of the dislocated studio in Zagreb, Lastovska 23
  • premises of the University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić, Vladimira Novak 23, Zaprešić
  • as in-house course at the client's premises
Obligations of participants

Regular attendance at classes, active participation in classes, taking the final exam (written part, oral part, reading, listening).

The price of education

Price per course lasting 25 hours: EUR 300.00.

Teaching materials are included in the price of the course.

Course manager

Mateja Šporčić, mag. philol. croat. et mag. litt. comp., pred., University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić

Mateja Šporčić is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Baltazar Zaprešić. Within the course Croatian language and culture for foreigners I and II during several academic years (2014/2015 – 2019/2020) she taught Croatian to foreign students. So far, she has presented at three professional and scientific gatherings for lecturers of Croatian as another (second and foreign) language, and has published two scientific and one professional paper in the field.

Enrollment and enrollment conditions
  • Agreement on attendance of classes concluded (OIB required)
  • payment of the first installment.
The content of the document that is obtained at the end of the educational program

At the end of this education, each participant receives a certificate in Croatian with the name of the teaching program, a list of teaching topics, the names and surnames of the teachers and the number of teaching hours.

Start of classes

After filling the teaching group.

Contact and registrations

Professional associate for lifelong education and learning Ljiljana Nekić
ljnekic@bak.hr / 099 308 5918 or

Mateja Šporčić
msporcic@bak.hr

*Remark

In case of insufficient number of applications, the program will not take place.

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