BA South Asian Studies Bengali Pathway

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    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Mode of Attendance: Full-time
This page describes and outlines the Bengali Language Pathway through the BA South Asian Studies (4 years) and BA South Asian Studies and... (4 years) degrees.
Bengali is not only the official language of Bangladesh, but is also one of India's major languages, spoken chiefly in the state of Bengal, as well as being a significant minority language in the UK.
The Bengali pathway is designed to give students a high level of competence in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Bengali, and a good knowledge of its cultural context. It caters to students with varying degrees of knowledge of Bengali and allows students to enter the degree with no knowledge of Bengali at all, with GCSE-level knowledge, or with A-level knowledge. By the end of the degree, however, all students will have had a similar training. Although at beginners’ level we assume no previous knowledge of Bengali or its script, we do prefer candidates to have some record of successful language learning, for example an A-level qualification in a European language.
Students must take modules to the value120 credits in each year of their degree. If a student passes 120 credits in one Pathway Language then the language will be named in the degree title, i.e. BA South Asian Studies (Bengali). Text, Directed Readings and literature modules, and an Independent Study Project in which the language is used to a large extent all count as language modules.
Students must discuss this with their undergraduate tutor at the end of year 1 or the beginning of year 2. The specialism will be added at the award stage only, when the degree has been completed, and will not feature during application or enrolment. As such, students should refer to the BA South Asian Studies (4 years) full and half degree pages for full and definitive outlines, structures, and lists of available modules.
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Subjects

  • Project
  • IT
  • Reading
  • Literature
  • Language
  • Intercultural communication
  • Novel
  • South Asian Studies
  • Grammer
  • Development Communication
  • Bengali Pathway
  • Bengali
  • South Asian Culture

Course programme

For full details of module listings (Lists A, B, or C as referred to below) see the lists under "Structure" on the BA South Asian Studies (4 years) or BA South Asian Studies and... (4 years) programme pages, as appropriate.

Not all modules may run each year; students must seek advice from their undergraduate tutor before signing up for modules.

This structure indicates the expected progression for a student who begins their programme of Bengali language study without prior knowledge of the language (ab initio). Students who arrive with some prior knowledge of Bengali will follow a modified structure, to be worked out on an individual basis.

Students may not take more than one language module at the elementary level in any given year. Passing of the intermediate level language module (or its equivalent) in Bengali is a prerequisite for admission to the Year Abroad.

Year 1Core Modules
  • Bengali Language 1
  • South Asian Culture
For BA South Asian Studies (4 years):

- An introductory module (or half modules to the value of 30 credits) from List B OR a further 30 credits from List A. - AND another introductory module (or half modules to the value of 30 credits) from List B OR an approved module in another department ("open option")

For BA South Asian Studies and... (4 years):

60 credits in the other subject.

Year 2Core Modules
  • Bengali Language 2
Compulsory ModulesFor BA South Asian Studies (4 years):

- a further 30 credits from List A or List C - AND a further 30 credits from List C OR an approved module in another department ("open option")

For BA South Asian Studies and... (4 years):

60 credits in the other subject.

Year 3

Students will spend the whole academic year in Bangladesh or Bengal, where they are expected to attend an intensive language course at an appointed institution and are required to sit local examinations.

Year 4Core ModulesCompulsory ModulesFor BA South Asian Studies (4 years):

- 30 credits in a language module from List A at intermediate or advanced level OR 30 credits from List C OR an approved module in another department (open option); AND

  • Independent Study Project in South Asian Studies
For BA South Asian Studies and... (4 years):

60 credits in the other subject.

List of optional moduless

For details of modules on Lists A, B and C, refer to the "Structure" section of the BA South Asian Studies (4 years) full or half degrees, as appropriate.

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