Module 1: My Name is Bond, James Bond

Moje ime je Bond, James Bond

• Lesson 1: Good Day! 
• Lesson 2: What is your Name?
• Lesson 3: Let’s Get Acquainted
• Lesson 4: How are you doing?
• Lesson 5: Phone Number
• Lesson 6: Parents

Module 2: To Be or Not to Be

Biti ili ne biti

• Lesson 1: People and Things
• Lesson 2: Personality Traits
• Lesson 3: Our Belongings

Module 3: Tell Me About Yourself

Reci mi o sebi

• Lesson 1: Where are you from?
• Lesson 2: My Friends

Module 4: Practice Makes Perfect

Ponavljanje je majka znanja

• Lesson 1: Review
• Lesson 2: Conversation (Test)

By the end of this Unit, you will be able to:

• Introduce yourself
• Ask others how they are doing and give your own response
• Understand formality in Croatian language and culture
• Read, pronounce, and write short sentences
• Ask and answer simple questions with Who? What? Whose?
• Ask and answer the question What does it look like?
• Describe someone or something (basic vocabulary)
• Say something belongs to you or someone else
• Count from 0-10
• Get familiar with Croatian names
• Talk about professions
• Get familiar with some famous people from the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia
• Fill in the forms that require personal information (i.e. to join the library, gym or other facilities)
• Express your likes and/or dislikes
• Say what you are studying

To achieve the outcomes, you will learn the following grammar structures:

• Grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)
• Nominative case (singular and plural forms)
• Personal pronouns (I, you [informal], he, she, it, we, you [all/or formal], they)
• Possessive pronouns (my, your [informal], his, her, our, your [all/formal], their)
• Interrogative pronouns
  • what?
  • who?
  • whose?
• Demonstrative pronouns
  • this
  • that
  • that over there
• Adjectives
• Verb biti (‘to be’)
  • unstressed form
  • stressed form
  • question form
  • negative form
• Verb zvati se (to be called)
• Accusative case (introduction)
• Present tense
• Introduction to the verbs voljeti (to like) and studirati (to study)
• Introduction to the verb govoriti (to speak)

Vocabulary covered in this Unit relates to:

• “Survival” phrases
• Greetings
• Professions
• Academic subjects
• Flags
• Colors
• Currency
• Nationalities
• Countries
• Ordinal numbers (0-10)
• General feelings
• Everyday things around us
• Interests and/or hobbies
• Physical characteristics
• Personality traits

At/by the end of the unit, what do you want the students to be able to do with the language?

Final assessment (Scenario):

Prepare yourself to perform a real-life situation in which two people meet for the first time. Possible situations include the following scenarios: (a) dialogue between two students who met for the very first time, (b) dialogue between two colleagues who just started working together, and/or (c) dialogue between a new international student and a professor.

Break the goal down into smaller learning targets.

• Module 1
  • I can talk about myself and provide basic information about myself.

• Module 2
  • I can talk about where I am from, personal belongings, and I can provide basic information about my family.

• Module 3
  • I can talk about my city, area of study, and personal likes and dislikes.

For each learning target (Modules 1-3), determine a concrete task that will demonstrate that the students have reached it.

• Module 1
  • You are a new international student in Croatia. A new semester is starting and you are getting to know new people. Make a cohesive and meaningful dialogue with another classmate in order to get more information about them.

• Module 2
  • You are at your friend’s house. You want to learn more about his or her family. Ask questions about their professions, physical characteristics, and interests.

• Module 3
  • Prepare a presentation about yourself and your city. You need to talk about your likes and dislikes, what are you studying, and where are you from. Be sure to describe your city.