Urdu Language 2
- Course Code:
- 155900513
- Unit value:
- 1
- Year of study:
- Year 2 or Year 3
- Taught in:
- Full Year
Prerequisites
Urdu Language 1 or equivalentObjectives and learning outcomes of the course
At the end of the course, a student should be able to demonstrate…
1. knowledge and understanding of intermediate Urdu grammar
2. knowledge and understanding of a wide range of Urdu vocabulary
3. knowledge and understanding of the appropriateness of a wide range of Urdu structures and expressions in a given context
4. the ability to understand passages in written Urdu of medium length on everyday and some specialised topics
5. the ability to produce passages in written Urdu of medium length on everyday and some specialised topics
6. the ability to understand spoken Urdu and to engage in spoken discourse of medium complexity on everyday and some specialised topics
Workload
Total of 22 weeks teaching with 3 hours classroom contact per week.Scope and syllabus
The course aims to develop students’ linguistic skills through grammar work, translation, prose composition, and conversation. Previous knowledge of the language is consolidated and developed by further class work on linguistic structures, sentence construction, drilling and conversation. Students are introduced to a wide range of language use in diverse materials from contexts such as journalism, literature (e.g. short stories), play readings, recorded conversations, personal correspondence and so forth. Regular homework tasks reinforce the class learning, encouraging students to write with accuracy and confidence, and to read with increasing fluency and detailed marking of homework ensures that any individual problems or weaknesses can be addressed in a very direct manner.
