OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GENERIC COURSE SYLLABUS
I.
Course
Prefix
Course
No.
Course Name
Credit Lecture Lab
URDU
101
Beginning Urdu I
4
II.
Prerequisite: None
III.
Course (Catalog) Description:
3
2
Course develops basic language skills in Urdu within the socio-cultural context of Pakistan/India
and South Asia. Content includes alphabets, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammatical rules,
reading comprehension, listening comprehension and oral and written real life situational
conversation. No prior study of the language is presumed. Recommended that experienced
students discuss proper placement with instructor.
IV.
Learning Objectives:
1. To actively communicate in Urdu, making spontaneous use of structures and
vocabulary studied.
2. To demonstrate an appreciation of contemporary Pakistan/India and South Asian
culture through written and aural class work.
3. To demonstrate spoken Urdu in everyday contexts through responding to simple
basic questions.
4. To illustrate reading comprehension through answering relevant questions on
uncomplicated selections.
5. To use elements of beginning grammar through short listening, spoken, and written
exercises.
6. To write simple sentences in Urdu within the context of what has been studied.
V
Academic Integrity:
Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate
academic integrity and follow Oakton’s Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:
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cheating,
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plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation),
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falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth),
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helping others to cheat,
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unauthorized changes on official documents,
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pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you,
making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and
any other behavior that violates academic integrity.
There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy.
Oakton’s policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made
against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure
on the assignment and, a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the
office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.
Please review the Code of Academic Conduct and the Code of Student Conduct, both
located online at www.oakton.edu/studentlife/student-handbook.pdf.
VI.
Outline of Topics
Week
Grammar points
1.
Urdu alphabets
2.
Urdu alphabets
3.
Urdu alphabets
Nouns: Number and Gender in Urdu
Simple pronouns
Verb “to be” in present and past tense.
Adjectives
A few simple postpositions
Oblique form
Question words
There construction
Possession with -ka
Possessive sentences
Use of -ko with subject
Verbs: Intransitive and transitive
Imperative constructions
-ko with direct and indirect objects
Reflexive pronoun “one’s own”
wala construction
hi and bhi participles
Conjunct verbs with karnaa.
Ordinal and cardinal numbers
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
The present and past imperfective
(habitual)
chaahnaa and chaahiye
constructions.
Conversation points
Exchange of greetings and names.
Exchange of address and phone-number.
Meeting and friend.
Introduce your family.
Vocabulary: Names of household items.
Sentence: A simple positive, negative sentence
and Yes/No question
Vocabulary: Names of fruits and vegetables
Form “there construction”
Ask questions using question words
Vocabulary: Parts of body, family
Possessive phrases and sentences
Likes and dislikes; Sentences like “I want….”
Vocabulary: 30 frequently used verbs in Hindi
To express request, command, order, and
instruction.
Vocabulary: List of 20 frequent conjunct verbs
To understand the difference in structures
which express general statement and universal
fact.
Vocabulary: Time expression, days of a week,
months of a year.
To exchange daily routine/habitual action and
universal and general facts.
To ask and answer what one wants.
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10.
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12.
13.
The present and past progressive
The future tense
The subjunctive mood
Use of sakanaa and paanaa
Use of lagnaa
Simple perfect
Present and past perfect
chukanaa construction
Comparative and superlative degrees of
adjectives.
Compulsion and obligation
constructions
kar/ke constructions
conjunction aur, yaa, and lekin/magar.
14.
Conditional sentences
Prefixes and suffixes
15.
16.
Review
Final exam
VII.
Vocabulary: Words related to food items and
travel
To exchange future actions/plans.
Vocabulary: Words that expressed skills.
To exchange (in)abilities and feelings.
Vocabulary: List of intransitives, transitive
and di-transitive verbs.
To exchange past/completed actions.
Vocabulary: List of adjectives and verbs
To compare person, place and things.
To express one’s compulsion and obligation.
Vocabulary: List of words related to sociopolitical issues in India and South Asia.
To combine two words, phrases, and
sentences.
Vocabulary: List of prefixes and suffixes and
learning new vocabulary
To express conditional sentences
Review
Final exam
Methods of Instruction:
Course may be taught as a face-to-face, hybrid, or online course.
Class time will be devoted to practice, in large and small groups, with structures,
expressions, and vocabulary in the context of everyday functions. Students are expected to
have studied segments of the text assigned in the syllabus prior to class, in order to be able
to participate as fully as possible. Workbook exercises provide additional practice in
reading and writing.
VIII. Course Practices Required:
For face to face.
1. Attend class regularly.
2. Do assigned preparation in time for class: the students will read the text's explanations in
order to be prepared for the drills and exercises included in each of the topic units
detailed in section V.
3. Accompanying written exercises in the workbook must be submitted to the instructor on
the date specified in the syllabus.
4. Listen to laboratory tapes at least two hours per week, and submit lab exercises on the
date specified in the syllabus. Lab assignments will count as 25% of the course final
grade. Students need to have at least a D (60%) in this section in order to pass this
course.
5. Take the quizzes and the exams. They will include a mix of speaking, listening, reading,
and writing elements.
For online
1. The students must read the text's explanations and watch uploaded videos on
grammatical items to be prepared for the drills and exercises included in each of the
topic units detailed in section VI.
2. Accompanying written exercises must be submitted to the instructor before the due the
date and time specified in the syllabus. Written assignments must be scanned and
uploaded before the time specified.
3. Listen to laboratory tapes and read online materials at least two hours per week, and
submit assignments on the date specified in the syllabus. Lab assignments will count as
25% of the course final grade. Students need to have at least a D (60%) in this section in
order to pass this course.
4. Take the online weekly quizzes and the exams. They will include a mix of speaking,
listening, reading, and writing elements.
IX.
Instructional Materials:
Note: Current textbook information for each course and section is available on Oakton’s
Schedule of Classes.
Text: Instructors use the following text:
Jashua H. Pien and Fauzia Farooqui (2012). Beginning Urdu: A Complete Course.
Georgetown University Press..
X.
Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
Final grade is based on exams, quizzes, workbook and lab assignments, and attendance.
GRADING POINT SYSTEM
- Class Preparation (20 points per class)
- Online Workbook/Lab Assignments (60 points per lesson)
- Quizzes
- 2 exams
- Five Cultural Essays (25 points each)
- Oral Presentation
220
300
150
350
125
55
1200
- Extra-credit assignments (maximum)
120
Grade equivalents:
A
1200- 1080
XI.
B
1079 - 960
C
959 - 840
D
839 - 720
F
719+ below
Other Course Information:
If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be
entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request
accommodations or services, contact the Access and Disability Resource Center at the
Des Plaines or Skokie campus. All students are expected to fulfill essential course
requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course
or degree program.
Oakton Community College is committed to maintaining a campus environment
emphasizing the dignity and worth of all members of the community, and complies with all
deferral and state Title IX requirements.
Resources and support for
 pregnancy-related and parenting accommodations; and
 victims of sexual misconduct can be found at www.oakton.edu/title9.
Resources and support for LGBTQ+ students can be found at www.oakton.edu/lgbtq.
In this section, each instructor should specify policies on attendance, make-up
exams, and late assignments.
Other information (for Generic Syllabus in Curriculum & Instruction Files):
Effective beginning term: Spring
(term) (year)
2018
Ending term:__________________
(term) (year)
Syllabus prepared by: Rajiv Ranjan
Date: __July 2017
Revised by: Marguerite Solari
Date: ____July 2017
Reviewed by Chair: Marguerite Solari
Date: ____July 2017
Approved by Dean: Linda A. Korbel
Date: ____July 2017