Kritički pogled na vrste pravopisnih vežbi u nastavi srpskog jezika

The article analyzes orthographic tasks that are part of teaching content in Serbian orthography at the elementary school age. These contents, especially at the younger school age, are an essential part of teaching Serbian. The plan and program cover all major orhographic topics, starting with the use of capital letters, through merged and conquered spelling, punctuation, and abbreviations. The orthographic aspect of voice alternatives is given in the older classes, although the basics of these rules are given at a younger age in changing the form of words (in the writing of nouns of the vrabac – vrapca type, mn. vrapci, zadatak, zadatka, zadaci, etc.) in word formation (eg. in the construction of deminitives such as sveska – sveščica, noga – nožica, etc.), and in highlighting exceptions such as the absence of alternation in loudness in the contact of sound consonants d and đ with silent consonants s and š (e.g., predsednik, predškolski, etc.). The aim of this paper is to examine the types and quality of exercises and tasks in Serbian orthography at primary school age. The analysis covers orthography units presented in textbooks and orthography literature and additional material used in teaching practice (task collections, etc.). Also, the orthographic tasks given in the Serbian language tests at different levels of competitions were examined.