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PRESENCE OF GERMAN LANGUAGE IN NATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Given the territorial proximity of Croatia and the fact that for almost 400 years it made part of the Habsburg monarchy, i.e. the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Croatia has been exposed to the significant influence of German speaking countries. Mutual contacts and interference of Croatian and German population have lasted for centuries, therefore very intense language interference occurred too as a result of historical, cultural, economic and political relations. The knowledge of German has been extremely important through the history on the area of the Military Frontier and in other parts of Croatia, while the influence and importance of German vary in dependence of the studied field. In the context of Europe, German language is still today one of the most common European languages taught all over Europe in schools and higher education institutions. At the same time, it is one of official EU languages along with English and French. German language has been taught for decades in elementary and high schools, as well as in higher education institutions in the Republic of Croatia. The aim of this paper is to analyse the presence of German as foreign language within the framework of national tourism and hospitality management study programmes. For the purposes of this paper, the questionnaire was designed and then distributed in electronic form to higher education institutions who met the criteria of questionnaire, i.e. who belong to the economic category within MOZVAG system and offering some sort of German language courses. The practical part consists of interpretation of data collected in May and June 2019 and of set hypothesis testing intended to determine the motivation for German language learning within students, as well as their perception of the taught language in different regions in the Republic of Croatia. This research resulted in determination of the student profile, their motivation, perception of the German in everyday life and in their professional life, as well as of the presence of said language in study programmes which made part of this research.

Croatia, cultural and historical contacts, German language, tourism and hospitality management studies

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