SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentForeign Language Center
Course NameCollege Foreign Language I : Modern Serbian and Croatian Language
InstructorSAVCHENKO ALEKSANDR
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

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1

 


Introduction
Topic: Meeting. Greetings.


 


Grammar: Gender. Nominative Case singular.
Personal pronouns and their verbal forms of the verb biti.


 


Basic data about Balkan region. Cyrillic and Latin alphabet and its particularities. Basic Principles of spelling Serbo-Croatian language. Basic rules of pronunciation of vowels and consonants. Accent (stress) in Serbo-Croatian and its characteristic.
Greeting forms in practical use.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking).
3.0
6.0

2

 


Topic: Meeting. Acquaintance. 





Grammar: Vocative Case. 
Auxiliary verb biti: forms and functions.


 


Dialogs and practical communication: Acquaintance and introducing a person.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking).
3.0
6.0

3

 


Topic: Me and my family. Parents. Brothers and sisters


 


Grammar: Adjectives. Nominative plural.
The verb imati: forms and functions.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Use different type of questions in dialogs.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking). Story about a family (write a text).
3.0
6.0

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Topic: Me and my family. 





Conjugation of verbs. Possessive pronouns-1.
Cardinal numerals (1-10).


 


Practical communication: My family. 
Our profession and activities.
Grammar training.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking).
3.0
6.0

6

 


Me and my family. My relatives.


 


Grammar: 1. type of declension and their peculiarities (singular). Possessive pronouns-2.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.
Grammar training.
Home task: Exercises. Story about all family: relatives, place of residence, occupation etc.
3.0
6.0

7

 


Topic: My place of residence. My room.


 


Grammar: 2. type of declension and their peculiarities (singular). Prepositions (place)


 


Grammar training. Reading and translation.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking).
3.0
6.0

8

 


Topic: My place of residence. My city.


 


Grammar: Cardinal Numerals (11 - …). Adverbs mnogo, puno, malo, veoma, vrlo, jako.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.
Grammar training.
Home task: Exercises. Story about native city, place of residence.
3.0
6.0

9

 


Topic: My life. Day program. Time.


 


Grammar: Ordinal numerals.
Some forms of Futur-I


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Use different type of questions in dialogs.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking). Day program.
3.0
6.0

10

 


Topic: My life. Day program. Interests.


 


Grammar: Tenses. Past Tense.


 


Practical communication: My today and yesterday. Monological and dialogical speech.
Grammar training.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking).
3.0
6.0

11

 


Mid-term exam.


 


Test (grammar, writing).


 


Practical communication.
3.0
6.0

12

 


Topic: My life. Hobbies. 





Grammar: 3. type of declension and their peculiarities (singular).
Verb voleti, svi?ati se, dopadati se.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.
Home task: Grammar exercises. Story about Hobby and interests.
3.0
6.0

13

 


Topic: Studying at the University.


 


Grammar: Modal verbs.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.
Home task: Grammar exercises. Studying at the University (write a story).
3.0
6.0

14

 


Topic: Food. Restaurant. National cuisine.


 


Grammar: Adverbs.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.
Grammar training.
Home task: Grammar exercises. Dialogic practice (write and act out dialogs).
3.0
6.0

15

 


Topic: At the restaurant.


 


Grammar: The Imperative.


 


Dialogic and monologic speech.
Grammar training.
Home task: Grammar exercises. Dialogic practice (write and act out dialogs). Prepare a story about National cuisine.
3.0
6.0

16

 


Topic: National cuisine.


 


Grammar: Pronouns. Reflexive verbs.


 


Monologic speech. Lexical practicum.
Grammar training.
Home task: Exercises (writing and speaking).
3.0
6.0

17

 


Topic: The Seasons. The Weather and Climate.


 


Grammar: Grammar revision.


 


Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.
Grammar training.
Home task: Grammar exercises. Dialogic practice (write and act out dialogs).
3.0
6.0

18

 


Final examination for the 1-st semester. 





Speaking practice test. Writing test.


 


Monological speech. Discussion.



3.0
6.0

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Students should be able to talk to a basic range of topics, to read fluently, understand and retell the content of the texts on discussed topics.



Up to 60 pts.: serious problems with all type of communication: understanding, speaking, writing. Gross mistakes in speaking, leading to the communicative failure.



60-75 pts.: Elementary level. Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.



There are some mistakes which could influence the understanding in process of speaking, writing, pronouncing.



75-90 pts.: good language skills (Pre-Intermediate) in understanding, speaking, writing. Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.



Little mistakes in speaking, writing and pronunciation, which do not influence the understanding, are possible.



90-100 pts.: fluent language skills (Pre-Intermediate) in understanding, speaking, writing. Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.


Textbook & Reference


  1. Let’s learn Serbian – 1. Novi Sad, 2006.




  2. Ribnikar V., Norris D. Teach yourself Serbian: Complete Course. Ldn.-Chicago: "McGraw-Hill", 2003.




  3. Slelimovi?-Mom?ilovi? M., ?ivani? L. Serbian. Elementary course for foreigners. I. (Beginners). — Beograd, 2012.




  4. Danilovi? M. Step by step Serbian – 1. Beograd, 2011.




  5. Hawkesworth C., ?ali? J. Colloquial Serbian. Complete Course for Beginners. London and New York, 2006.




  6. Teach yourself Croatian. Chicago, 2003.




  7. Ivan Klajn. Gramatika srpskog jezika. https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9srhh1fukkdc9i/Ivan%20Klajn%20-%20Gramatika%20srpskog%20jezika.pdf?dl=0




  8. Pravopis crnogorskoga jezika i rje?nik crnogorskoga jezika (pravopisni rje?nik). Podgorica, 2009.




  9. ا¶اتاباضا×اتاب ا¶.ا². ?احاظاةاعاساراز اèاذاناس اجاشاè اضاباàاراضاباçاâاراق: ا»اàاحاةاضاراس ار اظاباذاثا×اتا×اظاضاراس. — ا؛.: ?ازاظاراع-اطاظاحاعاع, 2003.




  10. ا¸ا×اتاباشاحات ?.?. ?ا×اتاظاحاصاحاضاضاناز اعاحاظاةاعاساراز اèاذاناس. ا»اàاحاةاضا×-اصاحاغا×اجاراàاحاعاسا×اح اطا×اعا×اةاراح اجاشاè اعاغاـاجاحاضاغا×ات افاراشا×اشا×اثاراàاحاعاسا×اثا× افاباساـاشاهاغاحاغاب (اعاطاحاكاراباشاهاضا×اعاغاه «?اـاعاعاساراز اèاذاناس ار اشاراغاحاظاباغاـاظاب»). ?ا×اشاثا×اثاظاباج, 2000.




  11. ?ا×اطا×اتاب ?.ا². ?احاظاةاعاسا×-اقا×اظاتاباغاعاساراز اèاذاناس. — ا؛.: ?اناعالاباè الاسا×اشاب, 1986.




  12. ?ا×اساباشاه ?.ا¶., اµابازاكاحاتاب ?.?., ?اـاسا×اتاراà ?.. ?احاظاةاعاساراز اèاذاناس. ??اة., 1996.




  13. ?اغاحاتاباضا×اتار? ا؛. ?اباتاظاحاصاحاضار اعاظاطاعاسا×اقاظاتاباغاعاسار jاحاذاراس (اثاظاباصاباغاراàاسار اعاراعاغاحاصار ار اس?اراداحاتاضا×jاحاذاراàاساب اضا×اظاصاب) . — ?احا×اثاظاباج: ?اباـاàاضاباè اساضاراثاب, 1986.




Urls about Course
1. Serbian online. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csls/lctlangs/serbian.php 2. Wayles Brown and Theresa Alt A Handbook of Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian, SEELRC, 2004 http://seelrc.org:8080/grammar/mainframe.jsp?nLanguageID=1 3. Ivan Klajn. Gramatika srpskog jezika. https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9srhh1fukkdc9i/Ivan%20Klajn%20-%20Gramatika%20srpskog%20jezika.pdf?dl=0 4. Learn Serbian. http://mylanguages.org/learn_serbian.php 5. Serbian lessons. http://serbianlesson.com/ 6. Serbian-English, English-Serbian dictionaries. http://www.recnik.com/; http://www.slavicnet.com/ 7. Multilanguages dictionaries. https://ru.glosbe.com/; 8. Croatian dictionary online. http://www.lexilogos.com/english/croatian_dictionary.htm 9. Croatian language portal. http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php 10. Learn Croatian online. http://www.loecsen.com/en/learn-croatian
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