1 Inside Serbonika’s Serbian Courses
Inside the Serbonika’s Serbian Courses
The courses are created and organized in levels according to the Common European Framework of Languages. There will be 3 courses at the A1 level and 3 courses at the A2 level.
Every Course consists of Units. Every unit consists of lessons, exercises and quizzes. Every unit includes a PDF companion for reviewing offline.
Unit is a sequence of textual, video and audio lessons with pictures, exercises and quizzes, organized around certain topic and grammar.
In the Introductory Serbian Course, there are 5 units with all the basic information you need to kick start your Serbian.
Celina (unit) is a set of lessons, exercises and quizzes. Every unit consists of some of these 11 types of content:
| Lesson / lekcija | A group of information organized around one topic, exposed in written text, tables, images, audio recording or videos – any combination is possible. |
| Conversation / razgovor | In the sections entitled Conversation, you will listen to and read natural and natural-like conversations, at slow and full speed. That will help you practice real-life conversations from the start! |
| Vocabulary / rečnik | A selection of words, often illustrated and with audio recordings and interactive exercises, to help you memorize vocabulary. |
| Grammar / gramatika | A video or textual explanation of the logic and rules of how the words are used in the Serbian language. |
| Reading / čitanje | A text to read along, translated into English to help you understand and learn new words. Includes audio recordings to practice reading and pronunciation. |
| Serbia Today | Elements of modern life in Serbia. Socio-linguistic commentary and general information good to know. |
| History | Elements of Serbian history. |
| Exercise / vežba | A task or a series of tasks that make you use vocabulary or grammar taught in the lesson, with immediate feedback and corrections. |
| Quiz / kviz | An interactive series of questions to review and see what you’ve learned in the previous lesson. |
| Master Quiz | Every Section ends with a Master Quiz where you put into practice what you’ve learned in the whole Section , and get points for correct answers. |
The units and the content in them are gradually exposed and carefully planned. Every piece builds on to the previous one, and takes into account what you’ve learned.
Even though you can move through the course backward and forward and skip some of the content, it’s the best to follow the structure.