Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
680
Title (text only)
Intermediate Bengali Part II
Term
2025A
Subject area
BENG
Section number only
680
Section ID
BENG0400680
Course number integer
400
Registration notes
Penn Lang Center Perm needed
Meeting times
TR 5:15 PM-6:44 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Haimanti Banerjee
Description
This course develops the student's prior knowledge of Bengali. An attempt is made to gear the syllabus to meet the specific needs of students. The focus of the course is to develop the oral and aural skills of the learner as well as improve writing skills and reading strategies. Emphasis is also laid on increasing the sociolinguistic and strategic competence of the learners so that they will be able to function in the target culture. Besides discussions on various aspects of Bengali life, students read some short literary texts in the original Bengali version.
Course number only
0400
Use local description
No