Review article

TESTING CROATIAN LANGUAGE AS AFOREIGN/SECOND LANGUAGE

Vesna Požgaj Hadži ; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Department of Slavonic Languages and Literature
Tatjana Balažic Bulc ; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Department of Slavonic Languages and Literature
Ina Ferbežar ; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Center for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language, Department of Slovene Language and Literature

Abstract

In the communicative approach to learning/teaching languages there are two possibilities of testing knowledge of language: informal – in communication with native speakers (especially in the case of second language) or formal – language testing. Due to social needs in the mid 90s the latter was approached at the Department of Slavonic languages at the Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana. The initial part of the article presents the theoretical framework for testing language knowledge (characteristics of language tests and the concept of authenticity in testing) while the latter part presents language testing for the Slovene language within the Center for Slovene as a second/foreign language and language testing for the Croatian language within the Department of Slavonic languages. Our experiences, primarily experiences with the Center for Slovene as a second/foreign language, which has a 15 year tradition in that particular area, can be of great help in establishing a national system of certifying Croatian language as foreign/second language.

Keywords

authenticity in testing; Croatian as a foreign language; language tests; Slovene as a foreign language

Hrčak ID:

31457

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31457

Publication date:

17.7.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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