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    The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa: Croatian Made Easy
    The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa: Croatian Made Easy
    The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa: Croatian Made Easy
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    The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa: Croatian Made Easy

    By Ana Bilic

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    The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa - from the series 'Croatian Made Easy' is a reader for learners of the Croatian language. It is a mini novel with English introduction and vocabulary list at the end of the book.

     

    Level 0: Easystarts A1 (GERS) = Novice Low (ACTFL)

     

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    John from Pittsburgh, USA, spends his holidays at his friends' in Osijek, Croatia. While his friends are at work, John walks through the city, cooks lunch for them and also practices the Croatian language that his grandmother has taught him. One day John buys bread in the bakery, with the unusual name "The Silver Lamp". After a while John finds out that the bakery is substantially connected to the past of his family and that he himself might relive that past. A heartwarming story.

     

    This reading book is part of the book series CROATIAN MADE EASY which offers textbooks, reading books, audio books, interactive e-books with audio, videos and other media as well as useful tips for learning Croatian as a foreign language. For more information about the book series and other publications on learning Croatian, please visit our homepage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAna Bilic
    Release dateMar 10, 2017
    ISBN9781540126764
    The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa: Croatian Made Easy
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    Ana Bilic

    ANA BILIC - I am a literary and theater writer, filmmaker and theater director, linguist. Born in Zagreb, Croatia, since 1995 I live and work in Vienna, Austria. My literary work includes novels, short stories and poems and my texts are also represented in numerous literary anthologies. I started writing literature in Croatian in the 1990s, but for more than twenty years I have been writing only in German. My books have been published by such publishing houses as Hoffmann und Campe Verlag Hamburg, Konzor Verlag Zagreb and Hollitzer Verlag Vienna. As a linguist, I am the author of works for learning Croatian as a foreign language: CROATIAN MADE EASY - https://www.kroatisch-leicht.com/croatian/ - as well as KROATISCH LEICHT - https://www.kroatisch-leicht.com. On these websites you can learn more about my published textbooks and reading books, mini-novels, e-books, audiobooks, interactive e-books and other media.  More information about all my work - not only about literature and linguistics, but also about film and theater - can be found on https://www.ana-bilic.at

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      The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa - Ana Bilic

      INTRODUCTION

      The Silver Lamp / Srebrna lampa – from the series Kroatisch leicht – Croatian Made Easy is a reader for learners of the Croatian language. It is a mini novel with a vocabulary list at the end.

      Level 0: Easystarts - up to 400 words (A1)

      Level 1: Beginners – up to 800 words (A1-A2)

      Level 2: Intermediate – up to 1200 words (A2)

      Level 3: Advanced – up to 1700 words (B1)

      Level 4: Perfection – up to 2200 words (B2)

      Level 5: Perfection Plus – up to 2800 words (C1)

      Level 6: First Language – up to 3500 words (C2) 

      Level 7: Standard Literature (without vocabulary section)

      The books from the series Croatian Made Easy are designed as reading materials that will help students of Croatian grow their vocabulary and enhance their command of the language. Each book is a mini novel whose theme, grammar and vocabulary are tailored to a specific study level – for easystarts, beginners, intermediate, advanced, perfection, perfection plus and first language. Here are some indicators to help you decide what your level is:

      Easystarts – Learners who can use Croatian in the present tense.

      Beginners – Learners who can use Croatian actively in the present tense and have passive understanding of the future and perfect tenses.

      Intermediate level – Learners who are able to actively use the present, future and perfect tenses.

      Advanced level – Learners who actively use the present, future and perfect tenses and have passive understanding of the aspects of the verbs.

      Perfection – Learners who actively use the present, future, perfect tenses and aspects of the verbs.

      Perfection Plus – Learners who actively use the present, future, perfect tenses and aspects of the verbs and have passive understanding of phrases and colloquial language.

      First Language – Learners who actively use the present, future, perfect tenses, aspects of the verbs, phrases and colloquial language.

      Standard Literature without vocabulary section

      For more information about other mini novels, please visit the website: www.croatian-made-easy.com

      Some Tips For Easy Reading

      1. Omitted subject – look out for the verb

      Always look out for the verb in a sentence and note how it ends. This is very important as the subject is often dropped, and there are words which look like a subject but are not in fact one. This is the case with mi and ti. Both are not only used in the subjective case (we and you), but also in the objective case (me, you as an object). It is therefore best to start out by

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