Mastering Croatian

A Practical Course from Beginner to Mid-Intermediate
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-35615-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Mastering Croatian: A Practical Course from Beginner to Mid-Intermediate is a user-friendly textbook offering a fresh, communicative approach to introductory Croatian. It applies meaningful communication, authentic situations and language that can be used from the very first lesson.

Across twenty-four carefully structured units, learners progress from beginner to mid-intermediate level through engaging dialogues, practical vocabulary and clear, contextualised grammar explanations that emphasise understanding over memorisation. Divided into two parts, learners first gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals of Croatian grammar and encounter around 800 of the most used words in the language. Part two focuses on revision, consolidation, and continued progress and is designed to expand vocabulary, reinforce previously learned grammar, and introduce intermediate-level grammatical concepts. Some 220 grammar exercises reinforce new structures and vocabulary, helping learners build accuracy, confidence and long-term retention through repeated practice. Core Communication sections and vocabulary lists highlight important words and phrases to equip learners with the ability to use the language at an early stage. Contemporary themes - including travel, work, relationships, artificial intelligence, dating apps, identity, environmental issues and other aspects of everyday modern life - ensure that language learning remains relevant, motivating and immediately applicable.

This book is an ideal resource for students of Croatian at level A1 to B2 (CEFR) or Novice to Mid-Intermediate (ACTFL) and is suitable for class-based or independent study.

Accompanying the book online is a Croatian-English Dictionary and an answer key available through www.routledge.com/9781041356097.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vrabec, Željko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foundation Stage

Unit 1 - Dobro jutro, dobar dan!

Unit 2 - Dobro došli. Odakle ste?

Unit 3 - Idemo na pice

Unit 4 - Što radiš?

Unit 5 - U centru grada

Unit 6 - Kako je na poslu?

Unit 7 - Hrana, jelo, obrok

Unit 8 - Sretan rodendan Ani

Unit 9 - U restoranu

Unit 10 - Moja mala obitelj

Unit 11 - O novom stanu

Unit 12 - Vratio sam se s kratkog puta

Unit 13 - Odjeca i moda

Consolidation Stage

Unit 14 - Svakodnevica

Unit 15 - Ugodno iznanadenje

Unit 16 - Odmor i putovanje

Unit 17 - Preseljenje u Hrvatsku

Unit 18 - Kod lijecnika

Unit 19 - Posao i karijera

Unit 20 - Dobro djelo, dobrosusjedski odnosi

Unit 21 - Ljubav

Unit 22 - Naša civilizacija

Unit 23 - Politika - država, izbori, vlada

Unit 24 – Zaštita okoliša

Über Autor(innen)

Željko Vrabec has professional translation experience gained at the BBC and the UN. He is a multilingual specialist with over 25 years of BBC editorial experience in different roles – from copy-editing breaking European stories and writing in-depth political analytical reports to media landscape surveys. Over the past decade, he has been teaching BCMS at a language school in London and in 2021, his book Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian: An Essential Grammar (Routledge) published.