Modern Language Centre
Evening Language Courses
Course Description
Gujarati Level 1
How long does the course last?
3 x 10-week terms with 10 lessons per term. Lessons take place once a week and last 1.5 hours each. This gives
a total of 45 hours’ tuition.
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at a wide range of students with a general interest in Gujarati. No prior knowledge of
Gujarati is required as the course is for complete beginners.
What are the objectives of the course?
To acquire basic language skills and to achieve the equivalent of A1 level of the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), entry level of the Qualifications and Credit Framework
(QCF).
By the end of the course 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
 have developed an insight into Gujarati-speaking life, culture and society
How is the course taught?
 A communicative approach is used. All four skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) are practised,
with the main emphasis on speaking.
 Students engage in interactive language activities, participating in group and pair work according to a
syllabus based on systematic grammatical progression.
 Students will also be offered guidance in self-study and set optional homework tasks.
What course can I do next?
After completing all 3 parts of level 1, students should be able to join a level 2 class. Students who have only
completed one or two terms of level 1 should join a False Beginners’ class.
Course outline
Part 1
Topics
Greetings
Objects
Alphabet – vowels and consonants groups. Pronunciation
Days of the week
Numbers 1-10
Myself
My Family and friends
My home and my garden
Work
Functions
Greetings / Formal and informal ways of addressing people, responding to greetings
Introducing oneself, giving personal details – nationality, occupation
Asking and answering simple questions
Describing colour (colour, size, location, possession, appearance)
Grammar
The use of personal pronouns
Formation of simple Present tense
Honorific plural
Case suffix -ma
Genders - masculine, feminine, neuter
Agreement - singular and plural
Simple Future
Possessive case suffix
Negation in Present and Future tense
Personal pronouns (I, you, he / she, it)
Simple structure – sentence order- subject, object, verb
Part 2
Topics
Objects
Currency and numbers up to 50
Shopping
Rooms in a house and household items
Time, days and dates
Order and request
Likes and dislikes
Transport and directions
Post office, bus station, railway station
The weather
Functions
Buying fruit and vegetables
Describing towns
Asking for and giving directions
Asking and telling the time
Expressing likes and dislikes
Arranging a holiday tour
Speaking about daily life
Grammar
Demonstratives
Object pronouns
Possessive case suffix -no, -ni, -nu, -na
Postpositions (place)
Case marking
Present continuous tense
Introduction to the Past tense
Some common verbs
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Part 3
Topics
Daily routine and weekends
Short telephone conversations
Things to do
Buying tickets
Booking a hotel
Describing a place
Making comparisons (smaller / bigger)
Health and diet
Numbers up to100
Functions
Asking and talking about health
Offering, accepting and refusing offers
Answering the telephone
Describing past events
Asking for things
Giving simple opinions
Addressing children
Use of some idiomatic expressions
Recalling childhood experiences
Writing a simple personal letter
Grammar
The oblique case
Nouns: genitive plural, prepositional plural
Adjectives: genitive plural
Revision of present tense
Conditional
Past continuous tense
Relative pronouns
Comparatives
Simple Future tense
Learning resources
Textbook and exercise book:
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Colloquial Gujarati by Dr. Jagdish Dave, 2012, ISBN-10: 0415580633
The teacher will supply additional material, both tailor-made and taken from other sources (textbooks,
newspapers, and new media).
Recommended additional material:
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Online Gujarati Dictionary at: http://www.gujaratilexicon.com/
Mobile versions available for Android.
Easy Gujarati by Prof. Jagdish Dave
Gujarati Bhasha Pravesh Part 1 by Prof. Jagdish Dave
Gujarati Level 1
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Online language learning resources:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/language-resources/gujarati.aspx
Independent Study
Research indicates that successful language learners revise new material and review their progress on a regular
basis. The Language Resources Centre (LRC), situated in room K-1.072 in level minus one of the Strand
Campus, houses a wide collection of learning material including text and grammar books, magazines and
newspapers, CDs, DVDs, and self-access e-learning language programmes.
For details on LRC opening times, please see our website:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/lrc/LRCindex.aspx
Date of last revision: July 2016
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