Introduction to Panjabi
A 10-week course aimed at those who wish to understand and to make themselves understood in everyday spoken Panjabi
Duration:
20 hours part-time
Mode of Attendance: Part Time
Description
This SOAS Language Centre course in Panjabi is designed to give participants a basic conversational ability in the language. The course takes the form of a series of situation contexts in which participants will be asked to understand what is taking place around them and to respond in comprehensible and clear Panjabi. Students will be introduced to the Gurmukhi script from the outset and encouraged to learn to read and write Panjabi alongside developing confidence in pronunciation and in oral comprehension skills.
Method
The course is taught in English and Panjabi. Class size is limited to fifteen to allow close involvement.
Summary of course contents
• Introduction to Panjabi; greetings
• Asking about others; exploring number and gender
• Informal conversation; plural forms
• Talking about nationality; the present tense
• Further conversation; investigating nouns and adjectives
• Describing tastes and flavours; interrogatives
• Discussing work and home; prepositions
• Kinship and family; oblique forms and the present continuous tense
• Making requests; the imperative and the past continuous tense
• Interrogative and negative sentences
Continuing your study
Subject to student demand, the Language Centre may be able to offer an Introduction to Panjabi 2 later in the academic year. The Gurmukhi script will continue to be used, and speaking and comprehension skills developed. Please keep an eye on the Language Centre website for further details as they become available.
Fee for this 1-term course
The fee is £295 payable in advance.
Terms and Conditions
See our terms and conditions of payment before enrolling on the course.
How to Apply for this Course
You can apply and pay online or by post.
Classes may fill up quickly. In some cases, additional classes are set up. It is best to apply early in order to avoid disappointment.
Materials
The designated text for this course is as follows:
Kalra, S. S., Purewal , N. K. and Tyson-Ward, S. (2011) Complete Panjabi. London: Teach Yourself Books.
Course materials are not included in the course fee and can be purchased from the SOAS bookshop bookshop@soas.ac.uk.
You are advised not to purchase course materials until your course has been confirmed.
Timetable
The course is taught in small groups with a maximum of fifteen students per group. Classes will be held at the Bloomsbury or Kings Cross Campus of SOAS in central London on one evening a week. Participants receive 20 hours of language tuition over a ten-week period (with additional weeks where public holidays and/or cancellations through staff sickness displace a session).
See our timetable pages for days and times.
