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Oral corpus of Croatian as a second and heritage language.

The teaching of Croatian as a second and heritage language is institutionalised at six Croatian higher-education institutions. New provisions of the Aliens Act introduce the legal requirement of Croatian proficiency at CEFR level A1.1. The Centre for Foreign Languages of the University of Zadar runs an accredited programme for foreigners and descendants of Croatian emigrants, making the target audience of this package compatible with work packages WP5 and WP6.

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Methodology

  • Definition of parameters and metadata for the register, with consent of the Ethics Committee and participants.
  • Field research across Croatia to collect the largest possible number of recordings.
  • Digitisation and storage of materials in line with the OAI-PMH protocol.
  • Presentation of results at scientific conferences and through science popularisation.
  • A growing database that is continuously updated.

Objectives

  • Ensure the research base by deepening contacts with other university centres.
  • Secure participants' consent and approval from the Ethics Committee.
  • Establish parameters and guidelines for material collection.
  • Carry out field research in the form of structured interviews.
  • Perform systematic digitisation with comprehensive metadata.
  • Enhance work packages WP5 and WP6 with content that reduces language errors.