Course overview
By studying Urdu Level 1, 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 and have developed an insight into Urdu-speaking life, culture and society.
What does this course cover?
Topics may typically include:
- Numbers up to 100
- Health and illnesses
- Idiomatic expressions
- Past events
- Telephone conversation
Functions may typically include:
- 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 may typically include:
- Oblique case
- Direct case
- Extended oblique
- Nouns and Verbs
- Adjectives
- Revision of the Present tense
- Conditionals
- Pronouns
- Simple Future
- Postpositions
What will I achieve?
When Urdu Level 1 is complete, you will achieve the equivalent of A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), entry level of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
*The above is an indication of content that may be covered over the duration of the course but it could vary depending on the level and progress of students in the class.