EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING SERBIAN AT MSU

Key words: phonetics, foreign languages, word-formation structure, grammar, enclitics, verb aspect, practical language textbook, historical specialty The paper is devoted to the personal experience of teaching Serbian language at a number of faculties of MSU. The author shares specific techniques utilized in the teaching process. Thus, the author believes that special phonetic exercises should be given a minimum of time, as they are rather boring for the listeners. It would be more appropriate to go straight to small texts on general subjects, while paying exclusive attention to pronunciation. When designing a textbook for a practical course, it is advisable to include in the lesson one exemplary training text and a large number of exercises for the practice of lexical and grammatical elements of this text, so that students, having done all the exercises, perhaps repeatedly, automatically memorize it. The report reflects other points that seem important in the process of learning a foreign language.