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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790002003321

Autore

Alvi Sajida Sultana <1941->

Titolo

Urdu for Children, Book II, Let's Write Urdu, Part Two [[electronic resource] ] : Let's Write Urdu, Part II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : MQUP, 2014

ISBN

1-283-53008-2

9786613842534

0-7735-8050-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

Urdu for Children

Disciplina

491.43982421

Soggetti

Urdu language -- Study and teaching (Primary)

Urdu language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English

Languages & Literatures

Indo-Iranian Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""English Section""; ""The Story Behind This Project""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Writing Practice""; ""Urdu Section""; ""Solve the Riddle, My Friend""; ""Forgetful Fellow""; ""The Mansion of Mystery""; ""Compassion""; ""Invention by Friends""; ""The Fall""; ""Our Beautiful World""; ""Rainy Season""; ""Little Safi's Farm""; ""Ahmad's Monkey""; ""Shopping""; ""Maryam's Tree (Adapted)""; ""Summer Holidays""; ""A Boat Ride""; ""Snowman""; ""Amir and Michael""; ""Went to the Circus The Pearl Necklace""; ""A Unique Kitten""; ""Sadhu's Prayer""; ""Ms. Squirrel""

Sommario/riassunto

While similar in method to the "activity-based learning" introduced in the first set of books, Urdu for Children: Book II is designed to meet the needs of children seven to eight years of age and older. The students' level is determined by their facility in reading, writing, and speaking Urdu rather than their chronological age. The scope of the topics in Book II is wider than in Book I and the forty stories and poems, most of them original, are more complex and longer. The original artwork is richer and more varied and the English-Urdu and Urdu-English vocabulary lists are more comprehensive. Two volumes of Let's Read



Urdu have been added to help children enhance their reading skills while a two-part Workbook provides practice exercises in writing and reinforces the new vocabulary introduced in the texts. The activity-based Teacher's Manual provides detailed lesson plans for each Urdu text. Two CDs accompanying the two volumes of the textbook to help ensure standard pronunciation of words and intonations in sentences, and infuse life into the stories. Original music was composed for the poems, allowing children to sing them to help with memorization. Developed by a team of trained public school teachers with extensive backgrounds in teaching Urdu as a heritage language, the Urdu Language Textbook Series helps meet the needs of a rapidly growing Urdu-speaking community in North America. It is the first step towards helping children develop Urdu linguistic skills so that they can keep their heritage and culture alive.