Course Outline & Timetable

The Croatian Language Summer School offers students a one or two week programme of either Croatian Language training or a course combining Croatian Language and Cookery training.

Students are split into groups per week with a dedicated language teacher for each group and with no more than 10 students per class. The summer programme caters to students of Beginner to Advanced language levels.

Arriving on Saturday, students will be welcomed to Lošinj and given their orientation and invited to a cultural evening event. On Sunday, students will have the option to go on a daytime excursion.

For the Language only course option, tuition will take place for 5 hours per day, 25 hours a week from Monday to Friday. Beginning each day at 09.00, the morning classes last 3 hours and the focus is on all four language skills, learning grammar and performing language exercises. In the afternoon, classes start at 16.00 and there is one hour of speaking practice followed by one hour of writing exercises.

For the combined Language and Cookery course, the language tuition will take place for 3 hours a day each morning, totalling 15 hours a week from Monday to Friday. The cookery classes start in the afternoons Monday to Friday and last for 3 hours and include preparation, cooking and wine & food tasting. Despite the fact there is no formal language tuition during the cookery class, the lessons are taught in Croatian, with assistance from the tutor, where necessary, to help with translation.

Language Tutors

All our teachers are native Croatian speakers with university degree qualifications and are specialists in teaching the Croatian language and cultural briefings to non-Croatians.

Method
Using creative methods we develop all four language skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking using authentic teaching materials and techniques such as role play and grammar exercises to reinforce each lesson’s objectives. For advanced level students we review current affairs via newspapers & journals in order to augment the student’s knowledge of the culture and provoke discussion.

Levels
Beginner – Intermediate – Advanced

What can I expect to achieve?

Tutor
Mladen Marusic of the Catering College Zagreb.

Method
Each day teacher and students will prepare a 3 course meal. The tuition will demonstrate the best way to cook food to obtain the maximum flavour, as well as giving knowledge and appreciation of the local produce & highlighting some of the unique flavours from featured regions. The cookery tuition will also be complimented with instruction on the best wines to marry with the specialities.

Course Options & Dates

The Croatian Language Summer School 2008 will be held from Saturday 2nd August until Saturday 16th August.
Each weekly stay runs from Saturday to Saturday with tuition Monday to Friday.

There is the option to enroll on either a 1 week or a 2 week course:

1 week course starts Saturday 2nd or 9th August

2 week course starts Saturday 2nd August

Course Fees

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What’s Included In The Programme Price

Included in the fees are:

• Croatian language tuition

• Use of all necessary language teaching materials

• Croatian cookery tuition (for the combined language/cookery course only)

• Use of all culinary ingredients, including wine tasting (for the combined language/cookery course only)

• Refreshments

• Ticket to cultural evening event

• Certificate awarded on completion of the course

What’s Not Included In The Programme Price

Accommodation; transportation; visas (for those who require one); travel & medical insurance and optional excursions.

Please Note: The CLS provides information to assist students in securing accommodation in Croatia, but does not act as an accommodation agent.