SemesterSpring Semester, 2021
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Department of Slavics Sophomore Class B, Department of Slavics
Course NameModern Serbian and Croatian Language
InstructorSAVCHENKO ALEKSANDR
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
PrerequisiteModern Serbian and Croatian Language
Course Objective
Course Description
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週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間Student workload expectation



課堂講授In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside- of-class



Hours



1



Vacations. Holidays. New Year and Christmas in the Balkan – Nova godina i Bo?i? /



The Seasons. The Weather and Climate



Training of skills of monological and dialogical speech. Work in pairs (dialogues)/



Grammar: Past Tense (Repetition). Substantives and Adjectives in singular, Nominative, Genitive plural (Repetition)



Home Task: Write a story about Winter holidays and Chinese New Year (using verbs in Past and Present Tense)



3



6



2



Market. On the marketplace. Buying food.



Lexical and grammar practice. Listening and two-way translation. Training of skills of dialogical speech.



Grammar: Conditional Sentences.



Home Task: Write and act out thematic dialogs.



3



6



3



Food. Menu. At the cafe.



Grammar:



The irregular verbs piti, jesti



Instrumental Case.



Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.



Home task: Grammar exercises. Dialogic practice (write and act out dialogs).



3



6



4



At the restaurant.



Grammar:



The Imperative.



Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.



Home task: Grammar exercises. Dialogic practice (write and act out dialogs).



3



6



5



Café and Restaurants in the Balkan. National cuisine.



Grammar:



od+ Gen. contraction



 



Forms of personal pronouns



Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.



Grammar training.



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



3



6



6



Shopping



Grammar:



Full and short form of adjectives.



Grammar training. Acting out of situations: monological and dialogical speech. Grammatical exercises in practice.



Home task: Exercises in handouts. Prepare and act out a situation at the Trade centre.



3



6



7



At home with the family. Free time



Grammar:



Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives.



Work in pairs: questions about one’s house/home. Discussion about leisure time and hobbies.



Home task: Grammatical exercises in handouts. Prepare questions for discussion about leisure time. Description of one’s home/Desired house.



3



6



8



Our Free / Leisure time



Grammar:



Comparative and Superlative of Adverbs



Monological and dialogical speech. Work in pairs (dialogues)



Home task: Write a text about hobbies and activities



3



10



9



Mid-term exam



Test (grammar, writing).



Practical communication.



3



6



10



In the city. Sightseeing. Part – 1.



Grammar:



Verbs of motion.



Serbian-Chinese lexical and grammar parallels.



Practical communication. Monological and dialogical speech.



Grammar training.



Home task: Exercises in handouts. Prepare a story about one’s native city’s places of interest.



3



6



11



In the city. Getting around. Part – 2.



Grammar: Declension in plural.



Training of skills of dialogical speech. Listening. Work in pairs (dialogues): Looking for a way.



Home task: Grammatical exercises in handouts. Prepare a situation: Orientation in unknown place (city, country etc.).



3



6



12



Balkan world: States, Regions, Cities…



Grammar: Special form of Future Tense (Futur II).



Lexical practicum. Comprehensive reading, listening and discussion.



Home task: Grammatical exercises in handouts. Prepare and retell a story about any Balkan Country, region, city…



3



6



13



Travelling (Airport. Border and customs control).



Grammar: Possessive adjectives and pronouns. Verbs of motion with prefixes).



Lexical and grammar practice. Listening and translation. Dialogical speech.



Home task: Exercises in handouts. Prepare a story about travelling (e.g. Around Taiwan).



3



6



14



Travelling-2 (Bus  and Railway station).



Grammar:



Types of Past Tenses: Perfect. Pluperfect.



Monologic speech. Practical communication. Lexical practicum.



Grammar training.



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



3



6



15



At the hotel / hostel. Accommodation.



Grammar: Types of Past Tenses: Aorist.



Lexical and grammar practice. Work in pairs (dialogues): Booking a ho(s)tel.



Home task: Exercises in handouts. Prepare and act out phone call (formal / informal style), write message in social network/ messenger.



3



6



16



Health care and healthy way of life. Sport.



Grammar:



Serbian and Croatian Grammar and Vocabulary: main differences. Infinitive vs. da”- construction.



Lexical and grammar practice. Team working. Two-way translation. Elements of professional sport commentary.



Home task: Exercises in handouts. Prepare a story Sport and Healthy lifestyle.



3



6



17



The Slavic Balkans as a multireligious and multicultural region. Main historical events and political persons. Famous writers, artists musicians



Grammar: Pronouns. Reflexive verbs.



Summarizing for the whole semester.



Grammar revision.



Lexical practicum. Reading, translation. Dialogic and monologic speech.



Grammar training.



Home task: Revise and sum up all grammar materials. Write an essay about Balkan region.



Story about a historical event or a political person in Balkan history or about a famous writer, artist musician. 



3



12



18



Final examination



Speaking practice test. Writing test. Monological speech. Discussion.



Monological speech. Discussion.



3



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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. Norris D. Teach yourself Croatian. Chicago, 2003.

  7. Klajn I. 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. Bursa? A., , Elias-Bursa? Ellen. Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook: With Exercises and Basic Grammar. The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

  10. Bursa? A. Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar with Sociolinguistic Commentary. The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.


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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