Pre-Intermediate Croatian and Serbian Face-to-Face Courses

Croatian and Serbian Level 7 | Evenings

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Course Overview
Croatian and Serbian level 7 is an A2 Pre-Intermediate course for students who have already completed our elementary courses. Croatian and Serbian level 7 requires that you have previously studied Croatian and Serbian level 6 or a course of at least 72 class hours.
Our Croatian and Serbaian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills.Communicative aims:

• Describing your house/flat, your building, part of town where you live
• Speaking about past events
• Days of the week, months, years, seasons of the year
• How to tell the dates
• How to tell the time
• Arranging to meet up for drinks and the movies

Linguistic aims:

• Past tense
• Ordinal numbers
• Numbers 20 onwards
• Declension of adjectives and possessive pronouns – masculine/neuter endings
• Temporal genitive – prošlog vikenda
• Accusative of personal pronouns – short forms
• Reflexive verbs
• Nitko, ništa, nigdje, nikada
• Introduction to verbal aspect

Socio-cultural aspects

• Types of houses and flats in the Balkans

Based on

Croatian for Beginners Units 11, 12 and Complete Croatian Unit 8

This language course includes
-Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
-Support and advice from Croatian and Serbian language teachers
-Croatian and Serbian language study tips

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Croatian and Serbian Level 8 | Evenings

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  • Course Content

Croatian and Serbian level 8 is an A2 Pre-Intermediate course for students who are already in the process of learning the language. It is recommended that you have previously studied level 7 or a course of at least 84 class hours.

Our classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with qualified, experienced teachers.

Classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication. Lessons are primarily taught in Croatian/Serbian and include interactive activities like group work and role-plays to boost confidence and fluency. Our courses help you use Croatian/Serbian in everyday situations, while building core skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

After Level 8, continue your learning with Level 9 and beyond. Progression is based on your class participation and self-study—there are no formal tests. To help you better understand our level system, check our level chart.

What’s included in your course?

• Lesson summaries, notes & resources
• Croatian/Serbian study tips
• Additional study resources
• Support from experienced teachers
• Exclusive workshops and events to IH London students

By the end of your course, you should be able to:

• Talk about the weather and describe typical conditions in the Balkans
• Discuss future plans and actions, including holiday plans
• Describe clothing, shop for clothes, and talk about colours and fashion
• Describe trips and geographical locations outside the city
• Use the future tense confidently and apply personal pronouns in genitive, accusative, and instrumental forms
• Consolidate your understanding of all personal pronoun cases

Materials

Recommended materials:

Croatian for Beginners A1-A2 Unit 13
Complete Croatian Units 10, 13

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Croatian and Serbian Level 9 | Evenings

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  • Course Content

Croatian and Serbian level 9 is an A2 Pre-Intermediate course for students who are already in the process of learning the language. It is recommended that you have previously studied level 8 or a course of at least 96 class hours.

Our classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with qualified, experienced teachers.

Classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication. Lessons are primarily taught in Croatian/Serbian and include interactive activities like group work and role-plays to boost confidence and fluency. Our courses help you use Croatian/Serbian in everyday situations, while building core skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

After Level 8, continue your learning with Level 9 and beyond. Progression is based on your class participation and self-study—there are no formal tests. To help you better understand our level system, check our level chart.

What’s included in your course?

• Lesson summaries, notes & resources
• Croatian/Serbian study tips
• Additional study resources
• Support from experienced teachers
• Exclusive workshops and events to IH London students

By the end of your course, you should be able to:

• Describe your daily routine and common weekday pastimes
• Apologise for being late and use conversation openers naturally
• Use demonstrative pronouns with correct case endings
• Apply the locative case with confidence
• Use and recognise nominative plural forms of nouns and adjectives
• Understand and begin using frequent verbal aspect pairs
• Expand your vocabulary through verbs from the pisati–pišem family
• Discuss typical workday routines in ex-Yugoslav countries

Materials

Recommended materials:
Croatian for Beginners A1-A2 Unit 14

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Croatian and Serbian Level 10 | Evenings

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  • Course Content

Croatian and Serbian level 10 is an A2 Pre-Intermediate course for students who are already in the process of learning the language. It is recommended that you have previously studied level 9 or a course of at least 108 class hours.

Our classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with qualified, experienced teachers.

Classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication. Lessons are primarily taught in Croatian/Serbian and include interactive activities like group work and role-plays to boost confidence and fluency. Our courses help you use Croatian/Serbian in everyday situations, while building core skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

After Level 8, continue your learning with Level 9 and beyond. Progression is based on your class participation and self-study—there are no formal tests. To help you better understand our level system, check our level chart.

What’s included in your course?

• Lesson summaries, notes & resources
• Croatian/Serbian study tips
• Additional study resources
• Support from experienced teachers
• Exclusive workshops and events to IH London students

By the end of your course, you should be able to:

• Organise a trip and book flight or train tickets
• Arrange and discuss accommodation in Croatia
• Chat with your host upon arrival
• Communicate effectively on the phone and by text
• Describe typical beach scenarios and express preferences (e.g. I feel like swimming)
• Use the present, past, and future tenses with greater confidence
• Apply possessive pronouns and correct case endings accurately
• Use and understand dates in everyday contexts
• Gain insight into travel culture along the Adriatic Coast and common types of accommodation in Croatia

Materials

Recommended materials:
Complete Croatian Units 11, 12, 13

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