Croatian as a Foreign Language in the Field of Business and Economics in Slovenia

Istraživanje percepcije znanja i korisnosti hrvatskoga jezika među slovenskim studentima na području ekonomije i poslovanja provedeno je s ciljem dobivanja relevantnih informacija na temelju kojih bi se mogla donijeti odluka o uvođenju izbornog predmeta Hrvatski jezik za ekonomiju i poslovanje u slovenski sveučilišni sustav. Rezultati pokazuju da hrvatski jezik kod proučavane populacije u kontekstu 21 stranog jezika zauzima drugo mjesto prema prosječnoj razini znanja i treće mjesto prema percepciji korisnosti ovladavanja jezikom. Kod proučavane studentske populacije ujedno postoji i razmjerno velik interes za učenje hrvatskog jezika, koji je kod te mlađe slovenske populacije jasno identificiran kao zaseban jezik.The research of the perception of knowledge and usefulness of the Croatian language among Slovenian students in the field of economics and business was conducted with the aim of obtaining relevant information on the basis of which a decision could be made on introducing the elective course “Croatian language for economics and business” in the Slovenian higher education system. The results show that the Croatian language in the studied population takes second place (among 21 foreign languages) according to knowledge and third place according to the perception of the usefulness of language acquisition. At the same time, there is a relatively high interest among the Slovenian student population in the field of economics and business in learning the Croatian language. The results also indicate a changed attitude towards the Croatian language in Slovenian society, and that younger Slovenians make a clear distinction between the Croatian and other South Slavic languages