Beginning Urdu : A Complete Course

Summary: Beginning Urdu is a first-year textbook designed to help learners acquire the language by using it in real-life situations. The book and its accompanying audio files–available on the Press website–include clear explanations of language structures; engaging activities; and an organizational format that makes it easy to chart student progress.eTextbooks are now available through VitalSource.com!Beginning Urdu is a complete first-year textbook designed to help learners acquire the language by actively using it in real-life situations. The book and its accompanying audio files–available on the Press website–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. Quotes: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 PennsylvaniaAuthor Bio: 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. Table of Contents:About Beginning UrduHow to Use This Book: For TeachersHow to Use This Book: For StudentsAbout the Urdu LanguageThe Sound System and Script of UrduPart I: The Sound System of UrduLesson 1: Sounds Similar to EnglishLesson 2: The Consonants r, l, v and the Vowels e and oLesson 3: Aspirated and Unaspirated ConsonantsLesson 4: Dental and Retroflex ConsonantsLesson 5: The Consonants r and rh and the Vowels ai and auLesson 6: The Consonants q, x, and ghLesson 7: Nasalized Vowels and Doubled ConsonantsExercise AnswersPart II: The Urdu ScriptLesson 8: Introduction to the Urdu Script: The be SeriesLesson 9: The jīm Series, sukūn and taśdīdLesson 10: The dāl and re SeriesLesson 11: The sīn and suād SeriesLesson 12: The Vowels vāo, choṭī ye, and baṛī yeLesson 13: fe, qāf, kāf, gāf, and lāmLesson 14: Mīm, choṭī he, do caśmī he, and nūn ghunnaLesson 15: The to and ain SeriesLesson 16: Additional SignsThe Arabic Definite ArticleExercise AnswersUnit 1: Me and My School1. IntroductionsMeeting Somebody NewIdentifying Classroom ItemsAsking and Answering QuestionsYes-or-No QuestionsGreeting an Acquaintance2. Me and My ClassmatesExchanging Basic Personal Information3. My ClassroomListing Items: There Is and There AreNoun Types and FormsIndefinite Words: koī and kuch4. Describing Classroom ItemsDescribing Items by Their Qualities: AdjectivesAdjectival Question WordsPlurality and Respect with Adjectives and Nouns5. Giving Commands and Making RequestsThe InfinitiveThe Imperative 6. Unit 1 Review ActivitiesUnit 2: My Family and My Home 7. Locating Places and ObjectsLocating Places in the CityLocating Places within CountriesLocating Objects in the HomeUsing Postpositions: Oblique Forms8. Identifying Family MembersUsing the Possessive Postposition kāPossessive PronounsStating the Number of Siblings You Have9. Describing Family MembersDescribing a Person’s Physical AppearanceStating a Person’s AgeOblique Adjectives10. My Home, My BelongingsFeatures of One’s HomeExpressing What one Has: Physical PossessionsSummary of Constructions for Expressing Possession11. Making ComparisonsComparative ConstructionsOblique Pronoun FormsThe Superlative Construction12. Unit 2 Review ActivitiesUnit 3: Daily Life13. My Daily Routine 1Saying Where You Live and WorkDescribing Routine ActivitiesClock TimeUsing Postpositions with Verbs14. My Daily Routine 2Uses of the InfinitiveReflexive Pronouns15. Describing Events in ProgressThe Present Continuous Verb TenseConjunct Verbs16. Weather and ClimateDescribing the WeatherDescribing the Climate17. Unit 3 Review ActivitiesUnit 4: In the Market18. Expressing Likes, Needs, and DesiresExpressing Likes and NeedsContracted ko Pronoun FormsAdditional Uses of the Infinitive19. Choosing Items and Expressing MeasuresUsing vālā to indicate an ItemMeasures20. Discussing PricesPrice Constructions21. Unit 4 Review ActivitiesUnit 5: My Childhood22. My Childhood HomeDescribing Past Circumstances 23. Describing One’s ChildhoodThe Past Habitual Verb Tense 24. Describing a Scene in the PastThe Past Continuous Verb Tense25. Expressions of TimeClock-Related Time ExpressionsNon-Clock Based Time Expressions26. Unit 5 Review ActivitiesUnit 6: Rules and Responsibilities27. Rules and RegulationsThe Verb saknāV-ne denāThe verb pānā28. Expressing CompulsionExpressions of Compulsion29. Giving and Following InstructionsThe Subjunctive: IntroductionExpressing What One Wants Others to Do30. Unit 6 Review ActivitiesUnit 7: A Trip to South Asia31. My PlansThe Future Verb TenseInvitations and Plans 32. My Travel Plans: Definite and PossibleUsing the Subjunctive with Subordinating Expressions33. Arranging Transportation and LodgingHow Long It Takes and How Much It CostsImminent Events34. Finding One’s WayGiving and Following Directions35. Seeking Information for Travel Plans The Conjunction ki36. Unit 7 Review ActivitiesUnit 8: Past Events and Experiences37. My WeekendThe Perfective Verb TenseTransitive and Intransitive VerbsThe Perfective of Transitive Verbs38. Narrating a StoryThe Past PerfectThe kar Construction39. My Experience and AccomplishmentsThe Present Perfect Verb TenseStating How Long You Have Been Doing SomethingThe verb cuknā40. At the DoctorAilments and Physical ConditionsExpressing the Beginning of an ActionCompound Verbs 41. Unit 8 Review ActivitiesAppendix 1: NumbersCardinal NumbersHigher NumbersOrdinal NumbersAppendix 2: Grammar SupplementCausative VerbsRelative-Correlative ConstructionsThe Contrafactual Verb FormAdditional Meanings and Uses of honāThe Passive VoiceParticipial FormsAppendix 3: Additional Information for TeachersUrdu-English GlossaryEnglish-Urdu GlossaryAppendix 3: Additional Information for TeachersUrdu-English GlossaryEnglish-Urdu Glossary