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SEEY2001 Serbian/Croatian Level 2a: Comprehension

SEEY2002 Serbian/Croatian Level 2b: Production

PLEASE NOTE: This module will not be available in 2018-19 

UCL Credits: 30

Total Learning Hours: 300

ECTS: 15

Level: Intermediate

Course Unit: 0.5 + 0.5

Terms 1 and 2

Module Coordinator: Jelena Ćalić

Taught By: Jelena Ćalić and Ivana Vrtič

To find out more about this module, please contact the Module Coordinator.

Weekly Contact Hours: 4.0

Prerequisites:

Open to students who have successfully completed Serbian/Croatian Language Level 1 or who can demonstrate equivalent competence

Compulsory Module for:  Serbian/Croatian and East European Studies, Russian and Serbian/Croatian , Russian with Serbian/Croatian , Modern Serbian/Croatian s combined degrees of which Serbian/Croatian is a component.

Summative Assessment

Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2A: 45 minute aural examination (20%); 3 hour written examination (80%).

Serbian/Croatian Language Level 2B: 20 minute oral examination (20%); 3 hour written examination (80%).

Formative Assessment

Progress is carefully monitored in class throughout the course. A number of formative assessment tasks (reading and translating in class, writing and delivering presentations) and homework exercises are set regularly.

Module Outline

This is a course for students who have successfully completed Serbian/Croatian Language Level 1, or who can demonstrate equivalent competence in Serbian/Croatian. The course consists of two components, comprehension and production, each of which has the value of 0.5 of a course-unit. Both components are taught in conjunction.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

By the end of the course students should be able:

  • to understand a wide range of authentic spoken and written Serbian/Croatian from predictable topic areas; to extract required information and record it accurately and coherently in English
  • to manipulate spoken and written Serbian/Croatian with appropriate and accurate use of lexis and grammatical structures in a variety of contexts and registers; to speak with confidence and accuracy appropriate to this level about many aspects of life and culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia and societies where Serbian/Croatian is spoken
  • to demonstrate understanding of translation by discussing problems of specific translations from and into Serbian/Croatian; to successfully translate a range of texts from and into Serbian/Croatian
  • to demonstrate knowledge and active use of more complex grammatical structures and a wide range of vocabulary in Serbian/Croatian.

Indicative Texts

Additional course materials tailored to students' interests will be provided by the teacher during the course.

Core learning materials:

· Alexander, R. (2006). Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, A Grammar: with sociolinguistic commentary. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

· Bujas, Ž., & Bujas, S. (2005). Veliki hrvatsko-engleski rječnik: Croatian-English dictionary. Zagreb: Nakladni zavod Globus.

· Čilaš-Mikulić, M., Machata, M. G., & Udier, S. L. (2008). Razgovarajte s nama! Udžbenik hrvatskog jezika za više početnike A2-B1. Zagreb: FF Press.

· Alanović, M. et al. (2006). Naučimo srpski 2/Let’s learn Serbian 2. Novi Sad: Dnevnik.

Please note: This outline is accurate at the time of publication. Minor amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.