Listen to this short reportage on the statue of Rocky in a Serbian village.
Then read the following questions and try to answer them:
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1. Where is the statue being made?
2. What will happen in August?
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3. When did the sculptor begin his work?
4. When is he going to finish?
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5. Where is the sculptor from?
6. Whose idea was it to make the statue?
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7. Where is Bojan from ?
8. What is Bojan's plan?
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9. Who made the first statue of Rocky?
10. How many such statues are there in the world?
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11. What is Zoran Batic talking about?
12. How many internet sites does he mention?
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13. What will the statue be made of?
14. How much will the statue weigh?
Let the situation carry the grammar. Listening improves when you first catch the situation, then the key words, and only afterwards chase every ending.
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Listening improves when you first catch the situation, then the key words, and only afterwards chase every ending. Say the shortest natural version first. Read the Serbian examples as complete thoughts, not as containers for isolated vocabulary. Notice which word changes the meaning most strongly, and allow the surrounding words to show its grammatical job.
Five everyday lines for listening comprehension exercise in
| Latinica | Ćirilica | English |
|---|---|---|
| U snimku žena pita za pravac. | У снимку жена пита за правац. | In the recording a woman asks for directions. |
| Drugi govornik pominje železničku stanicu. | Други говорник помиње железничку станицу. | The second speaker mentions the railway station. |
| Čujem da razgovor počinje pozdravom. | Чујем да разговор почиње поздравом. | I hear that the conversation begins with a greeting. |
| Važan broj se ponavlja dva puta. | Важан број се понавља два пута. | An important number is repeated twice. |
| Na kraju oboje govore sporije. | На крају обоје говоре спорије. | At the end both speakers speak more slowly. |
A bridge from recognition to speech with listening comprehension exercise in
Move from U snimku žena pita za pravac. towards Na kraju oboje govore sporije., but stop at the sentence that feels least comfortable. Change one detail without changing the grammar, and then use that thought as the beginning of a two-line exchange. Tomorrow, return through a different sentence so that the order of the table cannot do the remembering for you.
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- Translate into English: U snimku žena pita za pravac.
- Rebuild in Serbian from memory: “The second speaker mentions the railway station.”
- Write the third sentence in Cyrillic without copying it.
- Change one detail in Važan broj se ponavlja dva puta. and keep the sentence grammatical.
- Create a new question connected with Na kraju oboje govore sporije..
Check the key you have made through listening comprehension exercise in
- In the recording a woman asks for directions.
- Drugi govornik pominje železničku stanicu. / Други говорник помиње железничку станицу.
- Чујем да разговор почиње поздравом.
- Answers vary; the changed word must still agree with the rest of the sentence.
- Answers vary; keep the question directly connected with the situation.