An Intensive Course in Bengali

Language: Bengali Text With English Translation
Pages: 670


Introduction

Language learning is a complex activity. Its success is largely dependant on the method, medium, material and the motivation of the learner. Furthermore, the highly organised curriculum and planning help to attain the educational goal easily and quickly.

The present intensive course is meant for developing the listening and speaking skills of the learner. Along with this book several other reading and writing materials like the Phonetic Reader, the Script Book, the semantically classified recall vocabulary and film strips and cassettes for teaching Bengali script and structures, prepared by the Central Institute of Indian Languages Training Programme may be used for the benefit of the learner.

The present book is the prescribed instruction material for the basic course of the Begali language Training Programme of the Central Institute of Indian Languages. The basic course consists of approximately 450 clock hours of instruction with prime emphasis on the spoken language. The present Intensive Course covers approximately 300 clock hours of instruction. This course is equally useful for any generalised second language Bengali teaching learning programme.

The principles that underline this Intensive Course are as follows:

1. Concentration on one objective. at a time: the teacher or the instructor presents the teaching materials in such a way that the learner concentrates on one structure or one teachable item at a time.

2. Selection, gradation and systamatisation of linguistic patterns: The numbers and the kinds of structures are decided with great caution on the basis of objectives of the Basic Course. Then these structures are controlled, systematised and graded from simple to difficult