UNIVERSITY COURSE IN CRO LANGUAGE, CULTURE BEGINS IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - A university course in Croatian language and culture to be attended by 28 foreign students began in Zagreb on Monday with the students' visit to the Zagreb University Rectorate, where they were received by representatives of the course's organizer and coorganizer, the Zagreb University and the Croatian Emigrants Society. Lectures during this, the sixth course, will take place at the Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy until 26 July. Welcoming the students from Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Argentina, Australia and the United States, the rector of the Zagreb University, Marijan Sunjic, wished them to acquire knowledge and make friends, and to discover Croatia as a country worth staying in. The university course in Croatian language and literature was not attended by children of Croatian emigrants alone, but by many who for professional reasons wanted to learn Croatian, said the head of the Croatian Emigrants Society, Ante Beljo, pointing out these were people who through trade, diplomacy and tourism came into contact with Croatia. According to the head of the course, Zrinka Babic, most students could speak some Croatian, but they would submit to an exam so that their fluency could be assessed and a study method determined. (hina) ha 301242 MET jun 97