CE4444: Croatian (Serbian, Bosnian)

School Continuing and Professional Education
Department Code LEARN
Module Code CE4444
External Subject Code R910
Number of Credits 20
Level L4
Language of Delivery English
Module Leader Dr Danijela Spiric Beard
Semester Double Semester
Academic Year 2013/4

Outline Description of Module

This module is aimed at students who have no knowledge of Croatian who wish to acquire the basics of the language for social, survival or study purposes.

METHODS OF TEACHING: i) Weekly two-hour workshops

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: i) Coursework (40%) four pieces of text production ii) Written class test (20%) iii) Oral continuous assessment (20%) iv) Aural class test (20%)

Email: languages@cardiff.ac.uk

On completion of the module a student should be able to

  • demonstrate their ability to recognise familiar words and very basic phrases  by taking part in role plays and similar learning tasks
  • demonstrate their ability to understand the gist and extract information of basic texts by adequately completing listening tasks.
  • demonstrate a knowledge of basic grammatical structures and phrases by writing short texts and/or translating basic sentences. 

How the module will be delivered

This module will be taught in small groups to encourage interaction. The emphasis will be on communication. The module is taught over 24 weeks.

Skills that will be practised and developed

Intellectual Skills                       -    integrate information provided in taught sessions and private study. 

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

  1. demonstrate their ability to understand simple instructions and respond appropriately in everyday situations,
  2. demonstrate their ability to communicate in spoken and written form using limited vocabulary and formulaic expressions,
  3. collect information from short texts in the target language. 

Employability Skills:    - to be responsive to the discipline of working with others as part of a group,

                                          - to understand and reflect upon different cultures and societies

How the module will be assessed

 

100% coursework (breakdown below).

 

Type of assessment

 

%

Contribution

Title

Duration
(if applicable)

Approx. date of Assessment

Written class test

20

 

 

End of module

speaking

20

Continuous assessment

 

 

listening

20

Class test

 

End of module

Coursework

40

4 pieces (10% each)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Written Assessment 100 Coursework N/A

Syllabus content

Grammar:

Alphabet

Numbers

Personal pronouns

Nouns – gender / plural

Verbs – regular conjugations of verbs ending in –am,-im,-em (-ati, -iti, -eti)

Question formation

Interrogative pronouns

Relative pronouns

Basic adverbs and adjectives/ genitive and accusative adjectives/ possessive adjectives

Cases: nominative, vocative, accusative + prepositions, genitive + prepositions, genitive + nema, dative, locative case , instrumental case,

Sentence structures

Personal pronouns

Comparative/ superlative

Topics:

Basic communication: Greetings and Introduction

Nationalities

Routines, habits

Meeting people

Professions

Hobbies and interests/ likes and dislikes

Holidays

Describing where you live

Geography and location

Travel

Food and drink

Directions

Describing last year

Family

Shopping

Talking about yourself

Essential Reading and Resource List

Required: Materials will be provided

 

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