32175 - Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (Language)

Learning outcomes

Student is expected to acquire all linguistic skills: speaking, writing, listening and reading comprehension. The course uses communicative method of teaching. It also offers a brief introduction to bosnia-croatian-serbian studies. At the end of the class, student - is familiar with the basic grammar structure of bosnia-croatian-serbian, - is to engage in and produce simple oral and written utterances, as well as - is able to analyze and comprehend texts.

Course contents

The programme must include the information divided as follows:

 

Course contents

 

Vocabulary / Conversation topics:

- making acquaintances, introducing oneself and others;

- basic everyday communication;

- family;

- professions;

- nationalities;

- appearance and characteristics;

- regional, national,ethnic and religious designations;

- food and drink;

- clothes;

- living;

- body and health;

- spatial designations;

- education;

- everyday topics (post, bank, shopping, excursions, sightseeing, etc.);

- common situations and objects: in a café bar; in the street; at home;

- directions;

- days of the week, months and seasons;

- weather and climate;

- free time, hobbies and society;

- travelling and tourism;

- nature and the environment;

- culture and civilization;

- geography (texts on Croatian regions and cities).

 

 

Grammar :

Introducing Textbook and useful links;

Brief history of the Croatian Language;

Basic differences between the standard Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian Language;

Alphabet, sounds and pronunciation; Overview of vowels and consonants; Voiced and voiceless consonants; palatal graphemes;

Nouns gender and number;

Personal pronouns; The verb biti (stressed and unstressed forms) ;

Numbers 0-10; Demonstrative pronouns ovaj,taj,onaj;

Cases (general), Nominative singular and plural of nouns;

Possessive pronouns;

Verb conjugation; Present tense of verbs, negation; The verb zvati se;

Variant forms refleks jat.

Long plural of masculine nouns;

Plural of neuter nouns vrijeme, ime, prezime etc.;, Added syllables;

Pluralia tantum;

Adjectives;

Nominative plural of adjectives;

Fleeting vowel; Phonetic changes;

Nouns declension (general), Cases: Genitive;

Verb conjugation, Present tense (continued);

Descriptive, material and possessive adjectives; Short and long form of adjectives, indefinite and definite form;

Vocative case and politeness formulations;

Modal verbs morati, trebati, smjeti, htjeti, moći;

Verbs in –jem; Genitive plural;

Sibilarization; Palatalization; The ending shift (-l/-o);

Numbers 11- 100 and beyond; Cardinal and ordinal numbers;

Prepositions with genitive; Genitive (continued);

Feminine nouns ending in consonant; Verbs ići, jesti, piti:

Accusative; Prepositions with accusative; Accusative singular and plural of nouns and adjectives;

Declension of personal pronouns (genitive, accusative);

Distributive “po”;

Declension of possessive pronouns (genitive, accusative);

Adverbs;

Present tense of reflexive verbs, Reflexive pronoun sebe (se);

Introduction to verbal aspect;

Question words and conjunctions; Interjections and particles;

Dative and locative with prepositions;

Prepositions and cases (general);

Declension of personal and possessive pronouns (dative, locative);

Interrogative-relative prounouns; Possessive-reflexive pronoun svoj;

Infinitives; Imperative mood;

Perfect tense – affirmative, negative and interrogative form;

Perfect tense of reflexive verbs, word order;

Verbs ići, reći, moći (perfect tense)

Collective nouns; Irregular noun plural;

Instrumental with or without prepositions.

Declension of personal and possessive pronouns (instrumental);

Future tense - affirmative, negative and interrogative forms;

Future tense of reflexive verbs, word order; Declension of pronouns (general);

The verb budem, budeš etc.;

Conditional mood; Conditional sentences;

 

Readings/Bibliography

Mandatory Readings

Textbook with dictionary for learning Croatian by foreigners:

Čilaš-Mikulić; Gulešić Machata; Pasini; Udier: Hrvatski za početnike 1, udžbenik i rječnik, HSN, Zagreb 2006.;

Grammar and workbook for learning Croatian by foreigners:

Čilaš-Mikulić; Gulešić Machata; Pasini; Udier: Hrvatski za početnike 1, vježbenica i gramatički pregled, HSN, Zagreb 2006.;

 

Not required but useful books

Ronelle Alexander : Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar: With Sociolinguistic Commentary Paperback , University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (2006);

Ronelle Alexander ; Ellen Elias-Bursac : Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Textbook: With Exercises and Basic Grammar, University of Wisconsin Press; 2, Revised edition (2010):

Vinko Grubišić: Croatian Grammar, HSN, Zagreb, 2007  

Textbook and dictionary for learning Croatian by foreigners:

Barešić, Jasna: Dobro došli 1, udžbenik i rječnik, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2011.;

Grammar and answer book for learning Croatian by foreigners:

Barešić, Jasna: Dobro došli 1, gramatika i rješenja zadataka za učenje hrvatskoga jezika za strance, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2011.;

Textbook and workbook with grammar:

Kosovac, V – Lukić, V: Učimo hrvatski 1, Centar za strane jezike, Zagreb, 2007.; 

 

Appropriate Croatian – English / English – Croatian dictionaries.

 

Suggestion for further study - Dictionaries

Two volume dictionary:

Bujas, Željko: Veliki hrvatsko-engleski rječnik, Veliki englesko-hrvatski rječnik, Nakladni zavod Globus, Zagreb, 2011.;

English-Croatian and Croatian-English dictionary:

Kalođera, Damir (editor-in-chief): Englesko-hrvatski i hrvatsko engleski rječnik, Naklada C, Zagreb, 2003.; Croatian-English dictionary:                                                                                                                               Milan Drvodelić: Hrvatsko-engleski rječnik, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1996.

Teaching methods

Textbook and exercises, grammar and exercise book, dictionaries, CD and DVD, excerpts of works (photocopies), audio and video tapes, visual aids (grammar maps).

Working material

- textbooks, grammar books and workbooks;

- bilingual and other multilingual dictionaries;

- visual materials;

- audio recordings;

- grammar exercise materials;

- phonetic exercise materials;

- dictation exercise materials;

- communication materials (dialogues, interviews, discussions, etc.).

Assessment methods

Written and oral exam.

Office hours

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