Gujarati

Introduction

Studying Gujarati can offer many advantages to students.Most Universities accept Gujarati as a
second language for the purposes of entry requirements and research has shown that increased confidence and fluency in mother tongue leads to improvement in other languages and subjects.Through the language students will be able to maintain cultural links with Gujarati Communities in the United Kingdom and abroad.They will be able to correspond with friends and relatives in Gujarati and also use it for communication whilst on holiday in India or East Africa.Finally, they will be able to enjoy a large number of resources; e.g. films, newspapers, books and magazines, which are now widely available in Gujarati.

KS3

Gujarati is taught in mixed ability classes with one class in each band.

In terms of resources, there is no single course available and so teachers use sets of varied readers, workbooks, textbooks, and story books published in Gujarat. Relevant topics and materials are selected from these.

KS4

Students who wish to study Gujarati in Year 10 will follow a two-year course leading to a GCSE examination at the end of their Year 11 (OCR Gujarati).The GCSE examination places an equal emphasis on each of the four language skills, namely, reading, writing, speaking and listening.It also caters for all abilities by offering a choice of papers at two levels: the Basic and Advanced level.Those wishing to be entered for the GCSE examination should have reached a reasonable standard of written and spoken Gujarati by the time of the Trial Examination in Year 11.

By the end of the course, students should be able to converse fairly fluently in a range of everyday situations.They should be able to read and understand simple texts, stories and newspaper articles.They will also be able to write letters, descriptions and stories in Gujarati with confidence.

Studying Gujarati may offer many advantages.Most Universities accept Gujarati as a second language for the purposes of entry requirements.Research has shown that increased confidence and fluency in mother tongue leads to improvement in other languages and subjects.Through the language you will be able to maintain cultural links with Gujarati Communities in the United Kingdom and abroad.You will be able to correspond with friends and relatives in Gujarati and also use it for communication whilst on holiday in India or East Africa.Finally, you will be able to enjoy a large number of resources eg films, newspapers, books and magazines, which are now widely available in Gujarati.

Post 16

Gujarati is not currently offered at post-16.