Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Senior Lecturer
Luka Budak
Contact via 02 9850 7040
Australian Hearing Hub, Level 2
Associate Lecturer
Jasna Novak Milic
Contact via 02 9850 6805
Australian Hearing Hub, Level 2
Mondays 1 – 5.30 pm, Wednesdays 9 am – 2 pm
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit is for non-background speakers and also for people of Croatian background whose Croatian is limited, marginal and/or highly ungrammatical due to lack of practice or formal training.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Language study orientation | 5% | No | Week 2 |
Assignment 1 | 5% | No | 25/08/19 |
Quiz 1 | 5% | No | 01/09/19 |
Assignment 2 | 5% | No | 08/09/19 |
Quiz 2 | 5% | No | 17/09/19 |
Assignment 3 | 5% | No | 13/10/19 |
Quiz 3 | 5% | No | 20/10/19 |
Assignment 4 | 5% | No | 03/11/19 |
Quiz 4 | 5% | No | 10/11/19 |
Oral Examination | 15% | No | November 2019 |
Final Written Examination | 40% | No | November 2019 |
Due: Week 2
Weighting: 5%
Prepares students for university language study and the Croatian Studies online environment. Pass/Fail.
Due: 25/08/19
Weighting: 5%
This assignment is due on Sunday, 25th August 2019 at 11.55 p.m.
Due: 01/09/19
Weighting: 5%
This online quiz will open on Thursday 29th August 2019 at 7 a.m. and close on Sunday 1st September at 11.59 p.m.
Due: 08/09/19
Weighting: 5%
This assignment is due 8th September 2019 at 11.55 p.m.
Due: 17/09/19
Weighting: 5%
This quiz will open on Saturday, 14th September 2019 at 7 a.m. and close on Tuesday, 17th September 2019 at 11.59 p.m.
Due: 13/10/19
Weighting: 5%
This assignment is due on the 13th October 2019 at 11.55 p.m.
Due: 20/10/19
Weighting: 5%
This quiz will open on Thursday 17th October 2019 at 7 a.m. and close on Sunday, 20th October 2019 at 11.59 p.m.
Due: 03/11/19
Weighting: 5%
This assignment is due on Sunday, 3rd November 2019.
Due: 10/11/19
Weighting: 5%
This quiz will open on Thursday, 7th November 2019 at 7 a.m. and close on Sunday 10th November 2019 at 11.59 p.m.
Due: November 2019
Weighting: 15%
Oral examination will be held during last week of classes in November.
Due: November 2019
Weighting: 40%
Refer to the Examination Timetable.
A Few Useful Suggestions
Try to do some Croatian every day, even if it is only half an hour. Remember that learning the language is a process of acquiring a skill and progress can be made only if the learner practices. Knowing the rules will certainly help you understand, speak and write the language, but practice will make you fluent and confident. It is worth remembering that, with a bit of ingenuity, it should be possible to listen to your CD regularly while you are engaged in other necessary activities, i.e. housework, gardening, long car trips, etc.
Studying Croatian online and mainly on your own, is not an easy task. Listen to the dialogues on the CD and practice pronunciation; make sure you understand the texts, study grammar with help of the textbook and the audio/video recordings provided and then do all the exercises in both books. If you have any issues with the content, use the General Forum section on iLearn to address if. Your tutor(s) or your peers will help you. Don't be afraid to ask about the linguistic terminology used in the audio and video recordings, if you don't understand it.
The on-campus session will be held at Macquarie University on Saturday 28th September 2019 from 9:30 am - 4:00 pm (Venue: TBA). All external students are urged to attend if at all possible. The on-campus session will provide a lecture on grammar, conversation, tutorials and reading exercises. There will be drills on grammar and vocabulary as covered in the course text-book.
The on-campus session is not compulsory but it is strongly recommended.
Online Unit
Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.
Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
Week 1 (29/07 – 04/08) |
Unit introduction, alphabet, pronunciation |
Language study orientation due |
Week 2 (04/08 – 11/08) |
Unit 0: Uvod |
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Week 3 (12/08 – 18/08) |
Unit 1: Dobro došli! |
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Week 4 (19/08 – 25/08) |
Unit 2: Ljudi i zanimanja |
Assignment 1 due |
Week 5 (26/08 – 01/09) |
Unit 3: Obitelj, prijatelji, znanci |
Quiz 1 due |
Week 6 (02/09 – 08/09) |
Unit 4: Karakteristike stvari i ljudi |
Assignment 2 due |
Week 7 (09/09 – 15/09) |
Unit 5: Informacije o Hrvatskoj i Hrvatima |
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Week 8 (16/09 – 22/09) |
Recess |
Quiz 2 due |
Week 9 (23/09 – 29/09) |
Recess |
On-campus session (28/09) |
Week 10 (30/09 – 06/10) |
Unit 6: Znam, hoću, mogu |
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Week 11 (07/10 – 13/10) |
Unit 7: Hajdemo! |
Assignment 3 due |
Week 12 (14/10 – 20/10) |
Unit 8: Dobar tek! |
Quiz 3 due |
Week 13 (21/10 – 27/10) |
Unit 9: Odijelo (ne) čini čovjeka |
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Week 14 (28/10 – 03/11) |
Unit 10: Gdje živimo? |
Assignment 4 due |
Week 15 (04/11 – 10/11) |
Grammar and vocabulary review |
Quiz 4 due |
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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1. Required texts Marica Čilaš-Mikulić,et. al. Hrvatski za početnike 1, Udžbenik i rječnik (Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada) with a CD; Marica Čilaš-Mikulić, et. al. Hrvatski za početnike 1, Vježbenica i gramatički pregled (Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada); Both books and a CD may be purchased from the University Co-op Bookshop; phone: (02) 8986 4000; email: macquarie-tbuzer1@coop-bookshop.com.au 2. Recommended texts Vinko Grubišić, Croatian Grammar (Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada & HIŠAK, 2007) - Excellent Reference Grammar |