Bok and welcome to IrenasCroCafe!

Bok and welcome to IrenasCroCafe!

I started IrenasCroCafe in 2022 with one mission in mind:

to help the students from around the world speak Croatian more like locals and feel less like tourists and more like Croatians in Croatia!

Say goodbye to traditional course books! In my classes, we prioritize speaking over grammar.

Start speaking more like a local now!

Learn Croatian

My teaching method

Fun and speaking are two things I use the most in my lessons.

MATERIALS

You will receive all the materials before the lesson. Some students like to prepare but there’s no need to do that if you don’t have time. We cover everything together during the lessons. After the lesson, you will receive the materials from the lesson again with all the notes from the lesson, and homework as well. Lessons are recorded if one of the students from the group can’t join that lesson.

Lessons cover grammar and vocabulary and I always try to organize the lessons so that we can put the things learnt into practice.

SPOKEN CROATIAN

I use standard Croatian in my lessons but I’m also aware that very often the real, live language is very often different from the language in coursebooks. I don’t use coursebooks in my lessons and I write my own materials instead. That way the focus is more on the real language that you will hear on the streets of Croatia.
I come from Split and I also teach my students regional words and expressions if they are interested in that.

QUALIFIED TEACHER

I have a master’s degree in languages from the Faculty of Humanities in Split, and I have been working as a teacher for more than 10 years. After graduating, I taught languages in Split and in Zagreb in both primary and secondary schools. I also lived in Luxembourg and Scotland, and worked as a translator while living abroad. Apart from speaking Croatian, I also speak Italian and English.

Available courses

Beginners Croatian

This is a Croatian beginners’ course for people who haven’t studied Croatian before.

Advanced Croatian

This is an online course for people who already speak Croatian and want to improve their vocabulary and grammar.

Learn in pairs

Learn Croatian with one more person.

6-week Croatian Speaking Challenge

Improve your Croatian speaking confidence in 6 weeks!

Learn Croatian
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You can learn Croatian with me in a group setting or at your own pace with a podcast in Croatian by joining our Patreon community.

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