Croatian A1

Students acquire competence in Croatian at A1 (beginner) level through the linguistic activities of reception (listening and reading comprehension), production and interaction (speaking and writing) and mediation (translation). The content of the course includes the following main themes for the development of communicative competence: introductions, greetings, farewells, family, home, leisure activities, food; and linguistic themes: Latin alphabet, rules of pronunciation of Croatian sounds, words, and intonation; word order in a sentence; the formation of declarative, interrogative, negative, and exclamation sentences; and the formation and use of basic parts of speech. Particular attention is paid to the use of phonetics and grammatical rules in practice. The form of study includes group work, role-plays, discussions, debates, text analysis, work in virtual MOODLE environment (consultations, discussion forums, interactive tests, and exercises), independent work with practical application of theoretical material.

To develop general competences, communicative language competences (linguistic (grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, orthography), sociolinguistic, pragmatic) and communicative language activities (reception (reading and listening), production (oral and written), interaction (oral and written) and mediation (oral and written) at the level of beginner (A1).

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Students acquire competence in Croatian at A1 (beginner) level through the linguistic activities of reception (listening and reading comprehension), production and interaction (speaking and writing) and mediation (translation). The content of the course includes the following main themes for the development of communicative competence: introductions, greetings, farewells, family, home, leisure activities, food; and linguistic themes: Latin alphabet, rules of pronunciation of Croatian sounds, words, and intonation; word order in a sentence; the formation of declarative, interrogative, negative, and exclamation sentences; and the formation and use of basic parts of speech. Particular attention is paid to the use of phonetics and grammatical rules in practice. The form of study includes group work, role-plays, discussions, debates, text analysis, work in virtual MOODLE environment (consultations, discussion forums, interactive tests, and exercises), independent work with practical application of theoretical material.

Midterm exam – 20%, final exam – 30%, written tests and other assignments during the semester – 50%.