Qadam – Zubaan

New Book: Qadam A2.1 Available Now

Andrew Battiato — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:14:17 +0000

Qadam A2.1 – Urdu as a Foreign Language Course and Workbook

Qadam is a complete Urdu beginners course book designed to help Urdu learners take their first steps towards fluency in Urdu. Together with the Qadam Media Package, it can be used for private or group courses, as well as self-study.

This is the 3rd book in the series and is intended for learners who have either completed the book Qadam A1.2. or who have reached the level A2. through other means.

Previously Part 1 of Qadam A2.1 was available, containing the initial 3 chapters. Now the full version with all 7 chapters is available!

If you are not ready for this level, check out our Qadam A1.1 and Qadam A1.2. book at our Urdu shop.

Special Features:

Strong focus on developing communication skills for real-life situations
Based on guidelines given by the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for the proficiency level A2
Rich audio & video content which gives students glimpses of daily life in Pakistan
Reading & writing activities included, but optional
Contains Urdu-English and English-Urdu glossaries
Suitable for Urdu learners whose mother tongue is not English
Video scripts for all audio and video files in Urdu Script and Roman Urdu

To get access to the Media Package please visit www.myqadam.com or watch it on our YouTube Channel “UrduLearner”

Now Available: Urdu Reading & Writing Workbook – 4th Edition (Expanded)

Andrew Battiato — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:03:34 +0000

Reading & Writing Workbook: Urdu as a Foreign Language – 4th Edition (Expanded)

Since its first publication in 2017, this book has been widely used across Pakistan and abroad, and it is the official textbook of Zubaan Training’s “Reading & Writing Urdu Course”

You will find lessons for self-study or classroom use to learn reading and writing Urdu letters, words, sentences, and texts. This 4th edition includes new practice activities to help you improve rapidly.

Special features include:

• Detailed explanations for each of the Urdu letters
• Letter and sound recognition activities
• Reading activities to develop specific reading skills such as sight reading, understanding words from context, identifying type of words, intensive and extensive reading skills, and more
• Reading and writing activities based on each chapter of the beginning Urdu course books, Qadam A1.1. and Qadam A1.2.
• 13 additional reading texts and activities for advance beginners (A2)
• Free MP3 audio files to accompany the book: Found here
• Free Answer Key for activities (available on our online shop)
• Can be used for self-study or with a teacher

What’s New?

Our publications are always developed and tested in the classroom. Since the publication of the 3rd edition, we have noticed the need for learning resources that focus on developing specific reading and writing subskills. This includes understanding words from context, sight reading, understanding intensive and extensive reading skills, and more. So, in this expanded 4th edition, we have added a variety of activities to do just that.

We have also expanded Section 2 to include reading and writing activities that match all the chapters of our popular Urdu for beginner series: “Qadam A1.1.” and “Qadam A1.2.” This means this workbook is now suitable for complete beginners as well as advanced beginners (CEFR Level A1-A2).

Learn Reading & Writing Effectively Today

We encourage you to go through this workbook with an Urdu teacher for more effective learning. At Zubaan Training, we have options to do an exclusive Reading & Writing course or to incorporate into an Urdu course that includes speaking and listening. Just fill out the registration form to express you interest.

Teaching Urdu at an Academy (2023)

Andrew Battiato — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 07:31:19 +0000

Our teachers recently enjoyed a unique opportunity to teach about 60 teenagers at an academy in Karachi. Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, the educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community, welcomed 4 of our teachers to develop the Urdu skills of their bright students from Pakistan, Yemen, and other countries. Two classes for the foreign students focused on beginner Urdu, while the other 2 classes for the Pakistani nationals covered Urdu public speaking.

Our teachers travelled to the beautiful Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah campus three days a week to conduct their classes. The campus provided state-of-the-art rooms, fully equipped with proper audio/video technology, spacious whiteboards, and a clean environment.

For the beginner classes, our professional teachers taught a 40-hour course using our own course and workbook curriculum: Qadam A1.1, Qadam A1.2, and Qadam A2.1. The students showed remarkable progress by the time of our assessments, some going from knowing a few disjointed Urdu words to communicating in full sentences on varied topics.

The public speaking course was a customized class to prepare the students to formally speak in front of special visitors to their campus. With training in various teaching methods and settings, our teachers adapted well to the needs of these students. They came away with newfound confidence and skills in Urdu public speaking, and the staff greatly appreciated the structure that we provided to meet their specialized course goals.

To show their gratitude, one of the classes out of their own initiative read out notes of appreciation and gifted a “Certificate of Appreciation” to their teacher, Mrs. Zainab. It was a particularly touching moment.

New Release January 2021

ZubaanTrainingOfficial — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:53:16 +0000

After more than one year of hard work, we are now in the final stages of publishing our new Urdu Book: Qadam A1.1

Qadam means “step” in Urdu and it was developed for beginner students to help them take their first steps in in the Urdu language.

Qadam A1.1. contains a course- and workbook, so it can be used either with a teacher or for self-study. In addition, theQadam A1.1. Media Package will be release with rich video and audio content especially designed for this curriculum.

By the end of the course – i.e. after 40-50 hours of lessons – students will have reached the Level A1.1. (according to the Common European Framework of Reference)

Thank you to all our current students who have been testing the content over the last months. Your feedback and input has been invaluable!