Croatian Evening and Short Courses
REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON
Croatian language
The Croatian language is spoken mainly throughout the countries of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatian is estimated to be spoken by about 5.5 million people worldwide, as their mother tongue.
In the republic of Ireland there are over 12,000 Croatian speakers (as recorded in the Census of Population 2022, compiled by the Central Statistics Office).
Courses are run in Croatian language at the Beginners, Lower Intermediate, and Intermediate/Advanced levels, depending on demand.
Duration: Each course runs for 22 weeks (2 hours once a week) spread over two terms – autumn (starting late September/early October) and winter/ spring (starting January).
Time and Place: All the classes will take place on College campus in Dublin city centre. Learners will receive venue information closer to the course commencement date.
Beginners – Tuesdays, 19.00-21.00:
This course gives learners a basic knowledge of Croatian language, culture, and contemporary society. Students should learn to make themselves understood in everyday conversational situations and be able to read and write simple Croatian texts.
Lower Intermediate - Wednesdays, 19.00-21.00:
This course is offered to learners who already have the required basic knowledge of Croatian grammar and some communicative competence – it aims to develop their communicative capabilities in all language areas through the study of Croatian culture.
Intermediate/Advanced – Thursdays, 19.00-21.00:
This course is offered to learners who have completed the beginners/low intermediate courses. The aim is to reinforce and further develop students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge.
Course Fee:
€660 for 22-week course. This fee is non-refundable once the course has commenced.
How do I register and pay for the course?
Please note, new intake of students will not be available in January unless interested applicants have the necessary language skills to join a continuing group. In this case, permission must be confirmed by the instructor and School administration.
All courses are offered subject to minimum and maximum registration numbers.
Please note that participation in the evening course does not include access to the Trinity Library or other student services.
Please pay via the link below. Once payment is received, you will receive an email shortly afterwards with instructions to finalise your registration.
Please note: Owing to staff annual leave, you may experience some delay in receiving the full application form if you pay the course fee between late July and mid-August 2024. Please be assured payments will be processed and course places allocated as they become available in the order payments are received.
You can pay securely via PayPal:
For further information please email: shortcourses.sllcs@tcd.ie.
NEW course offering:
Selected chapters of Croatian culture, history and literature
Duration: Course runs for 10 weeks (1.5 hours, once a week) from early October
Date and Time: TBC
Place: All the classes will take place on College campus in Dublin city centre. Learners will receive venue information closer to the course commencement date.
Content: The course will consist of twelve topics within ten classes; every class will cover one topic, except the last two classes, with two, related, topics each. The class will include taught elements followed by group discussion and topics will range and include a mix of culture, history, and literature.
The general topics covered are the following:
- Contemporary Croatia – shaping the modern Croatia
end of communist block (1989); Homeland war; international recognition; institutions; crisis
- Three languages and three scripts (Middle Ages, in general)
three scripts related to different (origins) cultures, their development, three languages of culture
- Croatian Humanism and Renaissance
new world vision, new relations in the society, modernity, individualism, European globalism, Arts
- Three literary languages
three group of dialects – three literary languages; a 4th literary language?; Croatian protestants' idea
- Croats and Turks, Croatia as an antemurale Christianitatis ‘Bulwark of Christendom’
notion; Turkish invasion; fights with the Turks in Arts; repercussions on everyday life and the economy
- Republic of Dubrovnik
Croatian south (till 1806); rich merchandisers and diplomats (Mediterranean, India, England); legacy
- Yugoslav idea among Croats
Yugoslavia made up by Croats; circumstances and history; “Yugoslavia as a dungeon of Croatian people”
- Croatian and Serbian – one or two languages?
mutual intelligibility; separate developments; very different non-standard dialects; European analogies
- Ustashi regime and the WW II/Communism in Croatia (Yugoslavia)
Ustashas – from insurgents to fascists; contacts with IRA; Communism: showdown, sovietization, new ways
- Ivo Andrić – a Croatian Nobel Prize Winner/Miroslav Krleža – a greatest Croatian writer of the 20th c.
Andrić – royalist; exotic world; universal messages; Krleža – communist; Central European ambient; artist and power
For more detailed information on the course, please contact shortcourses.sllcs@tcd.ie.
Course Fee: €250 for 10-week course. This fee is non-refundable once the course has commenced. If minimum enrolment is not met or maximum enrolment is reached, a refund will be organised for you.
How do I register and pay for the course?
You must be 18 years of age or older to enrol in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies evening courses.
All courses are offered subject to minimum and maximum registration numbers.
Please note that participation in the evening course does not include access to the Trinity Library or other student services.
Please pay via the link below. Once payment is received, you will receive an email shortly afterwards with instructions to finalise your registration.
You can pay securely via PayPal:
Course fee: €250
For further information please email: shortcourses.sllcs@tcd.ie.