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About The Croatian LanguageCroatian is based on the Ijekavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian and is the official language of Croatia. It has about 5.5 million speakers in that country. Although mutually intelligible with Serbian, there are significant differences between the two dialects; pronunciation, intonation, and word choice are typical giveaways for whether the speaker is a Serb or a Croat. An even more striking difference, however, is in the writing system. As Croats are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, Croatian is written in the Roman alphabet (instead of the Cyrillic alphabet of the Orthodox Serbs), with a few additional letters to accommodate the sounds of the language. Why The Pimsleur System WorksThe late Dr. Paul Pimsleur was much more than a language teacher. He did research on how both children and multi-lingual adults learn languages and discovered key principles that unlocked the mystery of how we learn languages. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency. » The Pimsleur Method « |
