URDU 1 LANGUAGE PRACTICE 2A

Academic year
2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
ESERCITAZIONI DI LINGUA URDU 1 MOD.2A
Course code
LT0U10 (AF:333703 AR:192114)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
0 out of 12 of URDU LANGUAGE 1
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/19
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
2
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course aims to develop the two language skills (speaking and listening) integrated way (e.g. Talking with correct pronunciation and accent) so as to allow the students to have a communicative self-sufficiency of level between A1 and A2, as defined by the CEFR.
The study will include a careful analysis of subcontinent culture, a fundamental aspect of achieving satisfactory results in linguistic and extra linguistic competence, as well as in the relationship with the Pakistani context.
The course aims to enable the Students to communicate in every-day context in Urdu language. Consequently, they will be able to express their feelings, motivations and opinions with correct pronounciation and native accent of Urdu language.
There are no prerequisites.
As regards communication skills, the focus will be on: describing habits, recounting present and past experiences and events; express feelings, moods, doubts, opinions; communicate approval, agreement and disagreement.
As regards grammar, the work will focus on: concordances of the simple sentences of past, present and future, use of some subordinating conjunctions.
The vocabulary learned will be mainly related to current issues and daily life: family relationships, social relationships, art, literature, society and culture.
Culture will be understood both in its broadest sense, underlining those elements useful for everyday life in subcontinent specially in Pakistan.
Dictionaries:
Haqqee, Shanul Haq (1995): Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary, Oxford University Press.

Handouts and any other texts may be distributed / recommended during the course of the lessons.
Oral examination
Speaking: Presentation of a cultural topic in Urdu language and dialogue on the cultural issues covered by the course.
Listening: An audio or video recording will be played twice, Questions will be asked accordingly.

Frontal lessons.
Dialogue lessons.
Work on audiovisual inputs.
Cooperative learning.
Role play activities.
Italian
Languages, in addition to Urdu, that can be used for teaching
English
oral
This programme is provisional and there could still be changes in its contents.
Last update of the programme: 16/03/2022