Elementary Urdu students singing a folk song

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SASLI Program info
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Program Assistant:
Ean Barnard
sasli@southasia.wisc.edu

Webmaster:
Michael Kruse
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Administrative Director:
Laura J. Hammond
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Academic Director:
Don Davis, Jr.
drdavis@wisc.edu

Director, Summer Program
in Madison:
J. Mark Kenoyer
jkenoyer@wisc.edu

Chair, Board of Trustees:
Susan S. Wadley
sswadley@syr.edu

SASLI is an affiliate member of the Association for Asian Studies.

SASLI is partially funded by the Department of Education.

Urdu

Levels offered: Elementary, Intermediate

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SASLI Faculty is hired on a summer-by-summer basis. Both faculty and textbooks may change from year to year.

2009

Elementary Urdu

Lecturer: Qamar Jalil

Teaching Assistant: Max Bruce

Syllabus: 2009 Elementary Urdu Syllabus

Textbook: Beginning Urdu by Virendra Singh (Available at SASLI office, room 204 Ingraham)

Intermediate Urdu

Lecturer: Wafadar Husain

Syllabus: 2009 Intermediate Urdu Syllabus

Textbooks
1. Ruth Laila Schmidt, Urdu: An Essential Grammar
2. C.M. Naim, Introductory Urdu: Volume II, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
3. Ali S. Asani and Syed Akbar Hyder, Let’s Study Urdu: An Introductory Urdu Course
4. Gopi Chand Narang, Urdu: Readings in Literary Urdu Prose, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
All textbooks will be available for purchase at the University Bookstore, 711 State Street

2008

Elementary Urdu

Lecturer: Qamar Jalil

Teaching Assistant: Max Bruce

Textbook: Course Packet (Available at SASLI office, room 203 Ingraham, $45)

Syllabus: 2008 Elementary Urdu Syllabus

Intermediate Urdu

Lecturer: Faraz Massod Sheikh

Teaching Assistant: Max Bruce

Textbook:
• Course Packet ($15)
• Let's Study Urdu!: An Introductory Course: v. 1 by Ali S. Asani & Syed Akbar Hyder
• Urdu: An Essential Grammar by Ruth Laila Schmidt
• Introduction to Hindi Grammar by Usha R. Jain
(Course Packet can be purchased at 203 Ingraham. Textbooks can be purchased at the University Book Store, 711 State Street)

Syllabus: 2008 Intermediate Urdu Syllabus

2007

Elementary Urdu

Lecturer: Qamar Jalil

Teaching Assistant: Faraz Massod Sheikh

SASLI Faculty is hired on a summer-by-summer basis both faculty and textbooks may change from year to year.