💡 Useful Pages
This Pressbooks site contains all instructional materials for the course, including lessons, activities, audio, and various other assignments. In addition to the textbook itself, the Tako lako project is supported by a main website that provides guidance, curricular context, and additional resources for both instructors and learners.
To make navigation easier, this page provides a quick overview of the relevant pages from the main Tako lako website, bringing together links to key sections in one place. These pages are designed to help users understand the structure of the textbook, plan a course, and make effective use of the materials throughout the learning process.
Beginner Level
Guide to Tako lako
- Explains what Tako lako is, how the beginner textbook is organized (units/lessons), and how users should navigate the materials and supporting components.
Student Outcome
- Describes how the textbook aligns with the ACTFL (2017) Can-Do Statements and shows representative examples of interpretive, interpersonal, presentational, and intercultural outcomes reflected in textbook tasks.
Course Planning
- Provides practical guidance for instructors on pacing and sequencing, including how the units can be distributed across semesters and how lessons can be treated as optional or review depending on course format.
Content Overview
- A quick-reference map of the beginner textbook: all units, lessons, and major instructional components listed in one place to support course planning and fast navigation.
Curricular Scope
Language and Culture
- Explains how culture is integrated into the language curriculum as a central component of instruction rather than a separate topic. This page outlines how linguistic forms are taught in connection with cultural practices, perspectives, and real-world use of Croatian.
Pedagogical Features
- Describes the methodological and instructional principles that shape the textbooks, including the use of communicative, task-based activities, performance-based learning, and culturally grounded content. This page provides an overview of how lessons and tasks are designed to support language development and intercultural competence.
Resources
Croatian Keyboard
- Provides guidance on how to type Croatian characters and diacritics on different devices and operating systems. This page helps learners write accurately when completing assignments and communicating in Croatian.
Grammar
- Offers a reference guide to key grammatical topics covered in the textbooks. This page can be used for review, clarification, and independent study alongside lesson materials.
Phrase Book
- Presents a list of common Croatian phrases used throughout the textbook. This resource supports comprehension and everyday communication and can be consulted throughout the course and beyond.
Textbook Info Pages
In addition to the main textbook content, there are several support pages available on Pressbooks that provide useful orientation and reference material.
- The Textbook Structure page explains how the lessons, units, and components are organized and how to navigate the textbook effectively.
- The Textbook Characters page introduces the central characters whose lives we follow throughout the textbook narrative, offering context that helps learners connect personally with the language and cultural content.
- The Grammar reference presents explanations and examples of key grammatical structures that appear in the lessons.
- The Vocabulary reference lists and defines important lexical items encountered in the units.
Together, these Pressbooks pages offer additional scaffolding to support both learners and instructors as they work through Tako lako.
Media Attributions
- Private: Students all together © Tako lako is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
