Difference between revisions of "Rokus Klett Publishing House"

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Rokus Publishing House was founded in 1991 and is the largest publisher of textbooks and learning materials in Slovenia. In 2004 they were acquired by the German publishing house Ernst Klett Sprachen, upon which Rokus Klett Publishing House was established. Subsequently, new branch offices were opened in Belgrade, Zagreb, and Sarajevo. Their publications are available through their online bookstore at Knjigarna.com.

Publishing programme

The company's principal activity has been educational publishing, namely textbooks and supplementary materials for primary and secondary schools as well as teaching materials for teachers. A consistent effort is being made to develop electronic textbooks, ready for use in interactive whiteboards. iRokus and Lilibi and 9letka.net are online portals where users can access learning materials, didactic games, animations, worksheets, and much more. Rokus has won prestigious Slovene awards for their outstanding design, as well as international awards for innovation and quality in the field of didactic material.

The series Pons comprises foreign language dictionaries, e-courses, and textbooks, available for English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Slovenian. These constitute excellent resources for individual learning and supplementary materials in schools and language courses. The websites pons.si and pons.eu offer free-of-charge translation dictionaries in a range of language combinations.

Rokus Klett is also renowned for issuing popular science magazines. In 2003 they commenced publishing National Geographic Junior, in 2006 National Geographic Slovenia and National Geographic Mini. In 2014 in cooperation with National Geographic, Rokus Klett publishes the first truly interactive learning pack for biology, which opens the new iRokus+ series. Since September 2014, 38.98 % of all primary school 8th-graders have used the new pack. The quality of the pack has also been acknowledged by an international panel of judges – at the Frankfurt Book Fair where Biology 8 iRokus+ was awarded the prestigious Gold BELMA award (Best European Learning Materials Award) in the category of digital learning materials.

In addition, they hold a number of seminars, symposia, and other events for teachers with a view to presenting new learning materials, textbooks, and didactic approaches.

Awards

A book by Kozma Ahačič titled Jezični možje – Zgodba o slovenskem jeziku (The Men of Tongues – The Story of the Slovenian Language), came up as the winner of Minsk Book Fair in 2016. The book received the award for the best children's book in a Slavic language within the field of history and culture of the Slavic peoples. In 2019 Rokus Klett Publishng house received SPP award bestowed by Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund for employers who pay special attention to older employees. They have also received a bronze award by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS) for innovation called Digitalisation of learning environment in 2018. A year before iRokus+ interactive learning materials received a German Economy Award awarded by the Slovenian-German Chamber of Commerce for the best technical, entrepreneurial and intellectual innovations in Slovenia.

External links

Rokus Klett Publishing House website

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+{{Teaser|
-Rokus Publishing House was founded in 1991. In 2004 49 per cent of the company was sold to the German publishing house Ernst Klett Sprachen, the [[Rokus Klett Publishing House]] was established, and the new resources used to establish branch offices in Belgrade and Zagreb. The company's principal activity has been educational publishing with emphasis on the publication of textbooks and supplementary materials for the nine years of primary school. Rokus also specialises in monographs. Many of them have been recognised as the most attractive Slovene books and have won prestigious Slovene awards for their outstanding design, as well as international awards such as: the 2003 Global Learning Initiative Award for the Most Innovative Material for The World of Words 7; the 2003 European Educational Publishers Group Award for Best European Textbook, also for The World of Words 7; the 2004 European Educational Publishers Group Merit Award for Science and Craft 5; and the 2005 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Wine Guide for the book Wines of Slovenia (Rokus Gifts Ltd). Rokus Klett has opened its own bookshop in Ljubljana.
+Rokus Publishing House was founded in [[established::1991]] and is the largest publisher of textbooks and learning materials in Slovenia. In 2004 they were acquired by the German publishing house Ernst Klett Sprachen, upon which [[Rokus Klett Publishing House]] was established. Subsequently, new branch offices were opened in Belgrade, Zagreb, and Sarajevo. Their publications are available through their online bookstore at ''Knjigarna.com''.
 }}
+{{TeaserSlo|Založba Rokus Klett se fokusira na izobraževalno založništvo, in izdaja učbenike in dodatna gradiva za osnovne in srednje šole ter učna gradiva za učitelje.}}
-In 2003 the publishing house Rokus started publishing the National Geographic Junior, in 2006 it launched the National Geographic Slovenija, the National Geographic Mini and Beo beo, while in 2007 the National Geographic Popotnik and Umko magazine appeared. The Rokus Darila ('Gifts') sell the selected objects (cups, glasses, etc) designed by Slovene visual artists or designers (Zora Stančič, Petra Varl, Oskar Kogoj, etc.).
+==Publishing programme==
+The company's principal activity has been educational publishing, namely textbooks and supplementary materials for primary and secondary schools as well as teaching materials for teachers. A consistent effort is being made to develop electronic textbooks, ready for use in interactive whiteboards. ''iRokus'' and ''Lilibi'' and ''9letka.net'' are online portals where users can access learning materials, didactic games, animations, worksheets, and much more. Rokus has won prestigious Slovene awards for their outstanding design, as well as international awards for innovation and quality in the field of didactic material.
+The series ''Pons'' comprises foreign language dictionaries, e-courses, and textbooks, available for English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Slovenian. These constitute excellent resources for individual learning and supplementary materials in schools and language courses. The websites ''pons.si'' and ''pons.eu'' offer free-of-charge translation dictionaries in a range of language combinations.
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+Rokus Klett is also renowned for issuing popular science magazines. In 2003 they commenced publishing ''National Geographic Junior'', in 2006 ''National Geographic Slovenia'' and ''National Geographic Mini''. 	In 2014 in cooperation with National Geographic, Rokus Klett publishes the first truly interactive learning pack for biology, which opens the new iRokus+ series. Since September 2014, 38.98 % of all primary school 8th-graders have used the new pack. The quality of the pack has also been acknowledged by an international panel of judges – at the Frankfurt Book Fair where Biology 8 iRokus+ was awarded the prestigious Gold BELMA award (Best European Learning Materials Award) in the category of digital learning materials.
+In addition, they hold a number of seminars, symposia, and other events for teachers with a view to presenting new learning materials, textbooks, and didactic approaches.
+== Awards ==
+A book by [[Kozma Ahačič]] titled ''Jezični možje – Zgodba o slovenskem jeziku'' (The Men of Tongues – The Story of the Slovenian Language), came up as the winner of Minsk Book Fair in 2016. The book received the award for the best children's book in a Slavic language within the field of history and culture of the Slavic peoples.
+In 2019 Rokus Klett Publishng house received SPP award bestowed by [[Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund]] for employers who pay special attention to older employees.
+They have also received a bronze award by the [[Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (GZS)]] for innovation called Digitalisation of learning environment in 2018. A year before iRokus+ interactive learning materials received a German Economy Award awarded by the Slovenian-German Chamber of Commerce for the best technical, entrepreneurial and intellectual innovations in Slovenia.
+==External links==
+[http://www.rokus-klett.si/# Rokus Klett Publishing House website]
+[[Category:Publishers]]
+[[Category:Literature publishers]]
+[[Category:Updated 2021]]

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