Course Description and Learning Outcomes
Course Requirements and Grading
WEEK 1-2
Topic: My Vacation. Travel.
Learning Outcomes:
- exchange information about vacation
- ask and answer questions about leisure activity preferences
- discuss activities and interests
- make plans based on personal interests and the interests of others
- ask about and identify important information about the weather using a map
- describe a landmark and/or a place to visit and explain what to do there
- identify places on the map to visit and explain why
- review perfect tense (focus on transitives + ne)
- use of subjunctive after an introductory clause with a different subject (maiN chaahtaa/tii huun ki …)
Resources:
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualurdu/city-of-lahore/
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualurdu/travel-to-karachi/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amgls5ipDpshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgPmeYaRuI
Week 3-4
Topic: Leisure Activities. Travel. Fun. Celebrations.
Learning Outcomes:
- ask and respond to questions about dates, times, places, and events on schedules, posters, and tickets
- ask about and comment on a new activity or event
- exchange information about favorite activities interests — favorite musical groups, books, video games, etc.
- identify destinations and major attractions found in brochures and on websites
- write a postcard, text, or Instagram message sharing information about activities and experiences
- negotiate and come to an agreement about organizing a party/celebration
- use infinitives in subject or object position
- use relative-correlative sentences – jab…tab…, jitne….utne…
Resources:
- https://wp.nyu.edu/virtualurdu/fullmoon-henna-and-bangles/
- http://urduaiis.lrc.columbia.edu/lesson/itr/
- http://urduaiis.lrc.columbia.edu/lesson/urdu-bazaar/
Week 5-6
Topics: Personal Habits. Preferences. Roommates.
Learning Outcomes:
- ask and answer questions about personal preferences
- recognize and explain what good and bad habits are vis-a-vis hygiene
- compare and contrast discipline rules based on age
- express approval or disapproval
- discuss personality and character traits based on a person’s actions
- use obligatory constructions with focus on object-transitive infinitive agreement
- use subjunctives as polite commands or suggestions
- relative-correlative – jo…vah…, jaise, vaise…
Resources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeou8JDgoughttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9XEWsn3f8
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfSfVAEcm5M
Week 7-8
Topic: Body Parts. At the Doctor’s Office.
Learning Outcomes:
- identify and explain body parts and their functions
- make complains and describe pain
- express agreement and disagreement, content and discontent
- recognize and make suggestions ways to improve health
- express sympathy and console someone
- use expressions with X-ko takliif + honaa, X-kii X-se shikaayat + honaa/karna
Resources:
- http://urduaiis.lrc.columbia.edu/lesson/hakeem-kale-khan/
- http://urduaiis.lrc.columbia.edu/lesson/baqai-dawakhana/
- http://www.hindiurduhealth.org/lesson/unani_diagnosis.html#
Week 9-11.
Topic: Nature and Health. Traditional vs. Conventional Medicine.
Learning Outcomes:
- describe topographical features in detail
- explain how health is related to natural living
- discuss living styles (village vs. city, mountain vs. plain, inland vs. sea/ocean shore)
- compare and contrast conventional and traditional approach to treatment/health
- use verb infinitives + complex postpositions
- use passive verb forms
- use passive subjunctives for polite suggestions
Resources
- http://www.hindiurduhealth.org/lesson/unani_training_and_practice.html#
- http://www.hindiurduhealth.org/lesson/unani_practice.html#
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSb_HgRFVlY
Week 12-13. Film Project
Week 14. Review