Module 1: The City of my Childhood

Grad moje mladosti

• Lesson 1: Where Are You From?
• Lesson 2: Attractions
• Lesson 3: What to Visit?

Module 2: Free Time

Slobodno vrijeme

• Lesson 1: Activities
• Lesson2: Music and Film

Module 3: Where Do You Go?

Kamo ideš?

• Lesson 1: Where to Go?
• Lesson 2: Weekend Trip
• Lesson 3: Traditions
• Lesson 4: My Interests
• Lesson 5: Let’s Go for Coffee

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:

• Talk about your city
• Describe locations in your city
• Talk about activities in your city
• Talk about your free time
• Express your interest in sports-related activities
• Express your general interests
• Talk about the music and films you like
• Talk about instruments and your interests
• Talk about where you and your friends like to go
• Express opinions about your favorite locations in a city
• Discuss different events and city attractions
• Discuss geography related to the BCMS-speaking area
• Discuss what types of events you like to attend
• Ask for advice on what to do and where to go
• Give recommendations on what to do and what to visit
• Talk about your weekly and daily schedule and plans
• Talk about weekend activities

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

•  Genitive case (prepositions “iz” and “s”)
• Accusative case
  • regular forms
  • difference between masculine animate and inanimate nouns
  • inanimate masculine nouns
  • prepositions “u” and “na”
• Adjectives in the accusative case
  • singular forms for all three genders
  • plural forms for all three genders
• Present Tense
  • verb ići (to go)
  • verb imati (to have)
  • verb nemati (not to have)
  • verbs ending in -ati, -iti, and -jeti
• Modal verbs
  • željeti (want to)
  • morati (have to)
  • trebati (need to)
  • moći (to be able to)
• Interrogative pronoun koji
• Cardinal Numbers
• Locative case (introduction)

Vocabulary covered in this Unit relates to:

• Attractions in the city
• City locations
• Geography
• Music
• Sport
• Daily activities and schedule
• Activities related to free time
• Organized events
• Professions in music, art, and the film industry
• Time expressions
• Cultural heritage

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

Final assessment (Scenario):

You are a visiting student in one of the cities in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, or Serbia. You are talking with your local professor and you want to say more about the city you are currently staying in: how it looks, what your weekly schedule is and what you do in your free time. Be sure to also include where you like to go during your free time. In general, you might be asked to say something about where people go in the city, what they do, what cultural activities you like to do, and where you go. Also consider the following questions. What local band do you like, what is your favorite singer, what is your favorite song that you discovered in the area? Finally, compare the city you are visiting with the city you are from.

Break the goal down into smaller learning targets.

• Module 1
  • I can talk about my city.

• Module 2
  • I can talk about my free time and activities I do on my own or with friends.
• Module 3
  • I can talk about my weekly schedule, where I usually go, and what I like to do
• Module 4
  • Performance based final-unit assessment.

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

• Module 1
  • You and your friend are talking about your cities. Compare the cities and say what we can see/visit there.

• Module 2
  • Discuss with your friend what you like to do in your free time. What are your interests and hobbies? Discuss your likes and dislikes in terms of the Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and/or Serbian music and film industry.

• Module 3
  • Prepare a presentation about your city. Include cultural landmarks, where people go and what they do. Include activities you like to do and provide personal commentary by saying why you like to do certain things. You will ask your friend questions about the parts you found interesting in their presentation.