Beginning Urdu
 688 pp., 8.5 x 11 Paperback ISBN: 9781589017788 (1589017781) June 2012 LC: 2011013455 EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents About this Book Chapter 13 Beginning Urdu Audio (all) PDF of Bollywood films for use with Beginning Urdu Reviews |
Beginning Urdu
A Complete Course
Beginning Urdu is a complete first-year textbook designed to help learners acquire the language by actively using it in realistic situations. The book and its accompanying audio files on CD contain all that is needed to complete one full year of study, including clear explanations of language structures; useful, fun, and engaging activities; and an organizational format that makes it easy to chart student progress.
FEATURES • Develops all four skills—listening, speaking, reading, writing—through a wide range of tasks and activities, including role plays, games, and short conversations • Beautifully illustrated with full-color, authentic images and written in an accessible style • Introduces the sound system and script of Urdu • Organized around functional themes such as home and family, everyday life, the marketplace, personal responsibilities, and travel • Features straightforward grammatical explanations and topically organized vocabulary lists for each of the 34 chapters • Integrates cultural information within the thematic units and also presents culture through aphorisms, poetry, and photographs • Provides an activity set for each unit along with review activities, including tips for increasing fluency and sets of questions to help personalize learning • Contains Urdu-English and English-Urdu glossaries • Includes three appendices—Urdu numbers, additional grammatical structures for moving to advanced levels of proficiency, and a suggested syllabus Beginning Urdu covers approximately 150 contact hours and is designed to bring learners to the ACTFL proficiency level of mid- to high-intermediate in all four skills. The book also serves as a valuable resource for independent learners. Joshua H. Pien is a faculty researcher and Hindi-Urdu language specialist at the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. Previously he was an assistant professor of Hindi at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. He has also taught Hindi at the University of Wisconsin. Fauzia Farooqui teaches Urdu and Hindi at Princeton University. She has also taught Urdu-Hindi at various other institutions, including the University of Virginia, the Defense Language Institute, University of Michigan, and the American Institute of Indian Studies in Lucknow, India. Her other publications include a monograph on the prose poem in Urdu and various original pieces of poetry, short fiction, and literary criticism, which have appeared in leading Urdu literary journals.
Reviews
"Beginning Urdu is a welcome addition to the study of South Asian languages. I commend this book for its accuracy, thoroughness, and usefulness. Going through the book, one can clearly see that the authors have a meticulous understanding of language pedagogy principles and a knack of presenting materials with great sensitivity to learners' needs. One feels a fresh breeze in the selection of content and methodology here."—Surendra Gambhir, University of Pennsylvania Table of Contents About Beginning Urdu How to Use This Book: For Teachers How to Use This Book: For Students About the Urdu Language The Sound System and Script of Urdu Part I: The Sound System of Urdu Lesson 1: Sounds Similar to English Lesson 2: The Consonants r, l, v and the Vowels e and o Lesson 3: Aspirated and Unaspirated Consonants Lesson 4: Dental and Retroflex Consonants Lesson 5: The Consonants r and rh and the Vowels ai and au Lesson 6: The Consonants q, x, and gh Lesson 7: Nasalized Vowels and Doubled Consonants Exercise Answers Part II: The Urdu Script Lesson 8: Introduction to the Urdu Script: The be Series Lesson 9: The j m Series, suk n and ta d d Lesson 10: The d l and re Series Lesson 11: The s n and su d Series Lesson 12: The Vowels v o, cho ye, and ba ye Lesson 13: fe, q f, k f, g f, and l m Lesson 14: M m, cho he, do ca m he, and n n ghunna Lesson 15: The to and ain Series Lesson 16: Additional Signs The Arabic Definite Article Exercise Answers Unit 1: Me and My School 1. Introductions Meeting Somebody New Identifying Classroom Items Asking and Answering Questions Yes-or-No Questions Greeting an Acquaintance 2. Me and My Classmates Exchanging Basic Personal Information 3. My Classroom Listing Items: There Is and There Are Noun Types and Forms Indefinite Words: ko and kuch 4. Describing Classroom Items Describing Items by Their Qualities: Adjectives Adjectival Question Words Plurality and Respect with Adjectives and Nouns 5. Giving Commands and Making Requests The Infinitive The Imperative 6. Unit 1 Review Activities Unit 2: My Family and My Home 7. Locating Places and Objects Locating Places in the City Locating Places within Countries Locating Objects in the Home Using Postpositions: Oblique Forms 8. Identifying Family Members Using the Possessive Postposition k Possessive Pronouns Stating the Number of Siblings You Have 9. Describing Family Members Describing a Person's Physical Appearance Stating a Person's Age Oblique Adjectives 10. My Home, My Belongings Features of One's Home Expressing What one Has: Physical Possessions Summary of Constructions for Expressing Possession 11. Making Comparisons Comparative Constructions Oblique Pronoun Forms The Superlative Construction 12. Unit 2 Review Activities Unit 3: Daily Life 13. My Daily Routine 1 Saying Where You Live and Work Describing Routine Activities Clock Time Using Postpositions with Verbs 14. My Daily Routine 2 Uses of the Infinitive Reflexive Pronouns 15. Describing Events in Progress The Present Continuous Verb Tense Conjunct Verbs 16. Weather and Climate Describing the Weather Describing the Climate 17. Unit 3 Review Activities Unit 4: In the Market 18. Expressing Likes, Needs, and Desires Expressing Likes and Needs Contracted ko Pronoun Forms Additional Uses of the Infinitive 19. Choosing Items and Expressing Measures Using v l to indicate an Item Measures 20. Discussing Prices Price Constructions 21. Unit 4 Review Activities Unit 5: My Childhood 22. My Childhood Home Describing Past Circumstances 23. Describing One's Childhood The Past Habitual Verb Tense 24. Describing a Scene in the Past The Past Continuous Verb Tense 25. Expressions of Time Clock-Related Time Expressions Non-Clock Based Time Expressions 26. Unit 5 Review Activities Unit 6: Rules and Responsibilities 27. Rules and Regulations The Verb sakn V-ne den The verb p n 28. Expressing Compulsion Expressions of Compulsion 29. Giving and Following Instructions The Subjunctive: Introduction Expressing What One Wants Others to Do 30. Unit 6 Review Activities Unit 7: A Trip to South Asia 31. My Plans The Future Verb Tense Invitations and Plans 32. My Travel Plans: Definite and Possible Using the Subjunctive with Subordinating Expressions 33. Arranging Transportation and Lodging How Long It Takes and How Much It Costs Imminent Events 34. Finding One's Way Giving and Following Directions 35. Seeking Information for Travel Plans The Conjunction ki 36. Unit 7 Review Activities Unit 8: Past Events and Experiences 37. My Weekend The Perfective Verb Tense Transitive and Intransitive Verbs The Perfective of Transitive Verbs 38. Narrating a Story The Past Perfect The kar Construction 39. My Experience and Accomplishments The Present Perfect Verb Tense Stating How Long You Have Been Doing Something The verb cukn 40. At the Doctor Ailments and Physical Conditions Expressing the Beginning of an Action Compound Verbs 41. Unit 8 Review Activities Appendix 1: Numbers Cardinal Numbers Higher Numbers Ordinal Numbers Appendix 2: Grammar Supplement Causative Verbs Relative-Correlative Constructions The Contrafactual Verb Form Additional Meanings and Uses of hon The Passive Voice Participial Forms Appendix 3: Additional Information for Teachers Urdu-English Glossary English-Urdu Glossary Appendix 3: Additional Information for Teachers Urdu-English Glossary English-Urdu Glossary |