The Serbo-Croatian Basic Course uses a "standard" form of Serbo-Croatian understood throughout the former Yugoslavia with accepted regional variations in vocabulary and pronunciation. Basic sentences and conversation drills in the text are in both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. The course is presented in two parts, each containing 25 units. Many of the units contain dialogues, grammar and cultural notes, question-and-answer drills, situational drills, and grammatical drills. The lessons are intended to give beginners a useful oral command of the language and a reading knowledge somewhat broader than their speaking ability.
