Attitude towards textbooks for beginners level of Croatian as L2

This paper is based on the survey conducted among lecturers in Croatian as a second and a foreign language in universities all around the world. The goal of this survey was to examine quality of the existing textbooks for Croatian as a second and foreign language for beginners and to learn lecturers’ opinion on textbooks based on students’ reaction that use these books for learning Croatian. Textbooks used by lecturers are divided into two categories. In the first category are textbooks written in Croatian, including the most used textbook, and in the second one are textbooks written in some other language. The analysis can only be based on the most used textbook because of the representative sample. Lecturers were asked about the structure of a textbook, used methodology, representation of certain language elements and achieved criteria in textbooks, according to their teaching experience of Croatian as a second and a foreign language. A special part is provided for lecturers’ comments, where they analyze the quality of textbooks. This paper leads to conclusions about practical needs for textbooks for teaching Croatian as a second and a foreign language.