HSC Serbian Continuers study plan

Draft and record a 2-minute self-introduction covering family, studies, work and daily routine, then re-record it after self-correction.

Build a personal vocabulary sheet of 40 high-frequency everyday nouns and verbs and use at least 25 of them in spoken sentences.

Practise the present tense of 15 common verbs aloud until conjugation endings are produced without hesitation.

Hold a 5-minute mock conversation with a study partner or language exchange contact about weekend plans and ask three follow-up questions.

Role-play eight everyday transactional situations such as ordering food, asking directions and booking an appointment, recording each one.

Drill noun cases in context by rewriting 20 sentences from nominative into accusative and locative forms.

List and practise 15 conversational connectors and fillers used to express opinion, agreement and polite disagreement.

Summarise aloud, in 90 seconds, a short Serbian audio clip on a familiar topic without reading notes.

Read three short Serbian articles of 250-350 words each and annotate main idea, supporting details and unknown vocabulary.

Identify and record the aspect pairs of 20 common verbs and explain the difference in usage in writing.

Transcribe key information from two short audio news items, noting who, what, where and when.

Write 12 comprehension questions of your own about a text you have read, then answer them without looking back.

Analyse two opinion texts of 300 words each, mapping the writer's argument, tone and intended audience in a structured table.

Draft a 200-word informal email to a friend describing a recent experience, using past tense consistently.

Revise the email draft for case endings and verb aspect, producing a corrected second version.

Compare a written text with a spoken version of a similar topic and note three differences in register.

Produce a 250-word formal letter or application using appropriate greetings, closings and polite forms.

Practise conditional and future tense structures by writing 15 original sentences and checking them against a grammar reference.

Write a 200-word descriptive piece about a place in a Serbian-speaking region, using at least eight adjectives correctly declined.

Edit all three pieces for cohesion, replacing repeated words with pronouns and synonyms.

Write a 250-word opinion piece on a contemporary issue affecting Serbian-speaking communities, supporting each claim with a reason or example.

Research two cultural practices or traditions and write a 150-word explanatory text for a non-Serbian audience.

Compile a list of 25 culture-specific terms and explain each in Serbian in one sentence.

Present a 3-minute spoken summary of your opinion piece, adapting formal written language into spoken register.

Conduct a 10-minute mock conversation covering an unfamiliar topic, responding to unscripted follow-up questions.

Complete two timed listening tasks, each 3 minutes long, and write a 100-word summary of each.

Discuss a cultural or social issue aloud for 3 minutes, using at least five opinion expressions and two counterarguments.

Review and correct your own errors from earlier recordings, listing the five most frequent mistakes.

Sit a full timed mock examination under exam conditions, covering all five domains.

Mark the mock against the criteria and write a diagnostic list of strengths and remaining gaps.

Re-record the weakest spoken task from week 1 and compare it with the original to show progress.

Revise the 30 highest-priority vocabulary and grammar items flagged in your error log.