JSBhr220 Croatian for Beginners II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dominika Kubišová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Mirna Stehlíková Đurasek
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
JSBhr210 Croatian for Beginners I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will learn basic grammar of Croatian language in spoken and written form. Students will gain basic knowledge about phonology and morphology of Croatian. At the end of this course, students should be able to use simple sentences in this language and communicate on basic topics of everyday life.
Learning outcomes
Absolvent will be able to communicate in Croatian at a level correspondent to 48 hours of language course.
Syllabus
  • Article: "In the railway station", Plural of Nouns, Long Plural, Vocative, "palatalizacija" and "sibilarizacija", Declination with Preposition Article: "Praparatin" Female Nouns, Declination, Singular and Plural Article: "Meeting", Reflexive Pronouns "sebe", "se", Present of Reflexive Verbs Article: "Birthday Party", Future tense, Positive and Negative forms, Questions Article: "Sport", Imperative, Positive and Negative forms, Noun "dio", "djelo", Article: "Weekend", Past tense, Questions, Past tense of verb "živjeti, voljeti"...
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Barešić, Jasna: Dobro došli 1-2. Udžbenik i rječnik. Zagreb, Sova 2002.
  • SEDLÁČEK, Jan. Stručná mluvnice srbocharvátštiny. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 269 s. ISBN 8020001719. info
  • Težak, Stjepko - Babić, Stjepan: Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika. Priručnik za osnovno jezično obrazovanje. Zagreb, Školska knjiga, 1996.
  • Chorvatsko-český česko-chorvatský slovník. Edited by Dubravka Dorotić Sesar. 1. vyd. Ostrava: MONTANEX, 2004, 464 s. ISBN 8072251295. info
  • Srbocharvátsko-český slovník. Edited by Anna Jeníková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1982, 987 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The course makes use of many various didactic methods and teaching is based on active involvement of students and their cooperation with teacher. The lessons consist of teacher´s explanations, students´ own work (individual as well as a group one), grammar, conversation and listening exercises, games etc. There are also authentic Croatian materials used in the course, by means of which students get knowledge of Croatian area studies.
Assessment methods
Credit will begiven based on successful written test in that grammar, vocabulary and basic translation ability (from and to Croatian) will be tested. Oral exam will continue after absolving the written test. Students will need to prove their ability to express themselves in dialogues with lecturer or with other students. Topics of these discussions will be selected from the topics discussed in seminaries.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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