Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian I

Catalog description

This course is the first in the series of first-year courses, intended for students with no previous background in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian languages. The course develops competence in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding contemporary BCS. At the end of the course students will be comfortable using both Latin and Cyrillic versions of the alphabet and will be able to read simple texts, including signs, menus, short news articles, and short stories. Class work emphasizes development of communicative and cultural competence in real-life situations, spontaneous interactions, pair and group work and is conducted almost entirely in BCS. By the end of the course, you will be able to engage in simple conversations in BSC on topics concerning your daily life. You will also be able to write short personalized messages in BCS.