Objectives and learning activities

• Developing communication skills:

o Listening and understanding Bengali conversations

• Speaking:

o Participating in Bengali conversations involving everyday life

o Self introduction with verb less sentences

o Listening to the teacher and other participants speak in Bengali

• Reading

o Recognizing alphabets and learning the sounds

o Recognizing Bengali numerals

• Writing:

o Learn to write the vowels and consonants separately and to put them together

o Understanding Bengali alphabet structure

o Introducing alphabets with similar shapes in sets

o Introducing Bengali numerals

o Colors and shapes in Bengali

• Developing vocabulary and grammar with proper context:

o Role playing

o Telling stories about everyday life with proper sentence structures

o Bengali verb conjugations

• Cultural competence:

o Learning about Bengali poems, songs, plays, and movies

o Learning about Bengali festivals

o Learning about the history of Bengal

o Learning about famous Bengali personalities and their contributions