Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22210/strjez/51-2/6
Foreign languages in Croatian formal education
Marko Kapović
orcid.org/0000-0003-1486-3424
; University of Zadar
Abstract
This paper provides statistical data on foreign language learning at all levels of formal
education in Croatia. Tendencies and trends which can be observed at different educational levels
with respect to each individual foreign language’s share in the Croatian educational system,
as well as their geographical distribution, are reviewed. Attention is mostly paid to the most
broadly represented languages, although at the tertiary level, all language study programs
are taken into consideration. Our results show that, on a general level, English is, as expect
ed, dominant and stable at all education levels, while German, the second-most represented
language, has been showing a slight decrease in secondary schools and higher education.
The third-most frequently studied language is Italian, whose number of students has been
gradually decreasing in the studied period at all educational levels, while French is currently
in the fourth place with diminishing numbers in primary education and at the university
level. Spanish, the most recent arrival in Croatian education, is displaying constant and stable
growth at all levels, which has been enough to secure it the title of the fifth-most frequently
studied language in Croatia.
Keywords
Croatia, foreign languages, higher education, primary schools, representation, secondary schools
Hrčak ID:
289484
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Publication date:
20.12.2022.
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