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    Modern Language Centre

    Evening l Saturday l Summer


    Language Courses
    Course Description

    Urdu Level 1
    How long does the course last?
    45 hours of tuition - 3 parts of 15 hours each
    Part 1: 15 hours
    Part 2: 16-30 hours
    Part 3: 31-45 hours
    The length of each part depends on the type of language course.
    Evening Language Courses: Lessons take place once a week over 10 weeks and last 1.5 hours each.
    Saturday Language Courses & Evening Fast-track Language Courses: Lessons take place once a week over 5
    weeks and last 3 hours each.
    Summer Fast-track Language Courses: Lessons take place twice a week over 2.5 weeks and last 3 hours each.
    Summer Intensive Language Courses: Lessons take place 5 times a week and last 3 hours each.

    Who is the course for?


    The course is aimed at a wide range of students with a general interest in Urdu. No prior knowledge of Urdu is
    required as the course is for complete beginners.

    What are the objectives of the course?


    To acquire basic language skills and to achieve the equivalent of A1 level of the Common European Framework of
    Reference for Languages (CEFR), entry level of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
    By the end of the course you will:
     be able to communicate in very basic everyday-life situations, including greetings, daily activities, finding
    your way, telling the time and date, making simple purchases, ordering a meal, etc
     be able to understand very simple oral and written texts and ascertain specific information on simple
    topics
     have developed an insight into Urdu-speaking life, culture and society

    How is the course taught?


    A communicative approach is used. All four skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) are practised, with the
    main emphasis on speaking.
    Students engage in interactive language activities, participating in group and pair work according to a syllabus
    based on systematic grammatical progression.
    Students will also be offered guidance in self-study and set optional homework tasks.
    Students will have access to KEATS, King’s e-learning platform.
    What course can I do next?
    After completing all three parts of this course, students should be ready to join Urdu Level 2 course at the MLC.

    Course outline
    Part 1
    Topics
    Alphabet, pronunciation and script
    Numbers 1-20
    Greetings and introductions
    Days of the week
    Parts of the body
    Likes and dislikes
    Food
    Colours, describing objects
    Family, friends and relationships
    Giving personal details – nationality / occupation

    Functions
    Introducing yourself and others
    Meeting, greeting someone and responding to greetings
    Asking and answering simple questions
    Making polite conversation
    Expressing preferences
    Describing relationships
    Formal and informal ways of addressing people

    Grammar
    Present tense of the verb to be, used with pronouns
    Vowels
    Question words and interrogative sentences
    Yes / no questions
    Number and gender
    Most common verbs
    Use of this, that, here, there, where, what

    Part 2
    Topics
    Numbers up to 50
    Fruit and vegetables
    Daily routine
    Days and months
    Weather
    Time
    Transport
    Directions
    Permissions and requests

    Functions
    Shopping for fruit and vegetables
    Giving orders
    Asking for and telling the time
    Asking for and giving directions
    Making requests (booking a hotel / organising a holiday)

    Urdu Level 1 Page 2


    Giving permission for something

    Grammar
    Demonstratives
    Singular and plural of adjectives
    Possessive pronouns
    Affirmative and negative forms of the Present tense
    Cases
    Present Continuous tense
    Past tense
    Some useful verbs

    Part 3
    Topics
    Numbers up to 100
    Health and illnesses
    Idiomatic expressions
    Past events
    Telephone conversations

    Functions
    Speaking on the phone
    Describing events Urdu
    Talking to children
    Writing a simple personal letter
    Describing a place
    Buying tickets
    Making offers
    Accepting and refusing
    Expressing thanks
    Giving simple opinions
    Recalling past experiences

    Grammar
    Oblique case
    Direct case
    Extended oblique
    Nouns and Verbs
    Adjectives
    Revision of the Present tense
    Conditionals
    Pronouns
    Simple Future
    Postpositions

    Learning resources
    Textbook and exercise book
     Teach Yourself Complete Urdu by David Matthews & Mohamed Kasim Dalvi, ISBN-10: 0340913894
    ISBN-13: 978-0340913895
     Basic level Urdu Key Stage 3 by Roohi Rizvi, ISBN 10: 0952173204 / ISBN 13: 9780952173205

    Students are expected to purchase their own textbook. An exercise book may also be recommended. The teacher
    will supply additional material, both tailor-made and taken from other sources (textbooks, newspapers and new
    media).

    Urdu Level 1 Page 3


    Recommended additional material
     Urdu:An Essential Grammar by Ruth Laila Schmidt.
     Colloquial Urdu by Tej K. Bhatia and Ashok Koul
     Advanced Urdu by Zarina Khand
     Learn Urdu the Easy Way: Step by step Urdu by Pervez Akhtar

    For a list of bookshops where you may be able to purchase text books please see our web page:
    http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/about/facilities/shops.aspx

    Online language learning resources


    http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/language-resources/urdu.aspx

    Independent study
    Research indicates that successful language learners revise new material and review their progress on a regular
    basis. The Language Resources Centre (LRC), situated in room K-1.072 in level minus one of the Strand
    Building, houses a wide collection of learning material including text and grammar books, magazines and
    newspapers, CDs, DVDs, and self-access e-learning language programmes.
    During term time the LRC facilitates free speaking practice sessions as well as a range of workshops on language
    learning. For a list of topics and all dates and times, including the opening hours of the LRC, please go to the
    website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/LRCindex.aspx

    Date of last revision: May 2017

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