GCSE Gujarati OCR

This subject is broken down into 29 topics in 4 modules:

  1. Listening 6 topics
  2. Speaking 9 topics
  3. Reading 6 topics
  4. Writing 8 topics
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Gujarati

Listening

Home and local area

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Home and local area

Home Vocabulary

  • આવાસ (a-vaas) refers to a home or residence. You may hear talk of different types of homes such as બંગલો (bungalow), ફ્લેટ (flat), or આપાર્ટમેન્ટ (apartment).
  • ઓછું (o-chun) means small and મોટું (mo-tun) means big. These are often used to describe the size of a home.
  • શાળા (shaalaa) is school, you'll likely hear this when the context is about distance from home or a daily routine.
  • રસોઈ (rasoi) or kitchen. You might hear dialogues about food preparation or traditional Gujarati dishes made at home.
  • બાગ (baag) refers to a garden, often used when talking about gardening activities or outdoor spaces.
  • Building parts like દરવાજો (darvazo or door), ખિડકી (khidki or window) and છાજ (chaaj or roof) are also useful to remember.

Local Area Vocabulary

  • મારુ ગામ/શહેર (maru gaam/shaher) means 'my village/town/city'. Descriptions of their locale are common in listening exams.
  • Transport references such as રેલ્વે સ્થાનક (railway station), બસ સ્થાનક (bus station), and હવાઈ અડ્ડો (airport) could come up if the speaker is referring to location accessibility.
  • મારું પસંદીદા સ્થળ (maru pasandida sthal) means 'my favourite place'. Often used when speakers discuss places they like to visit.
  • Referring to places like પાર્ક (park), લૈબ્રેરી (library), and બજાર (market) are common when narrating activities or daily routines.

Context related tips

  • Pay close attention to adjectives, they provide vital information about the home or local area.
  • Listen for common place names or landmarks to understand the location being discussed.
  • Pay attention to verbs associated with activities done in the home or local area, for an overall context.

Course material for Gujarati, module Listening, topic Home and local area

Gujarati

Reading

Home and local area

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Home and local area

Understanding Texts About the Home and Local area

  • Be familiar with key vocabulary phrases and terms regarding daily situations around the home and local area. These could range from descriptions of household chores, talks about bedroom and kitchen items, to discussions about local facilities like parks, schools, and hospitals.

  • Show proficiency in interpreting messages, dialogues, and descriptions about the home and local area in Gujarati. Clear understanding of different types of sentences and how they're interrelated would be necessary.

  • Grasp the concept of different grammatical structures used in a text about home and local area. Recognize basic tenses, use of prepositions and connectives, and noun-verb agreement.

Reading Comprehension for Home and Local Area

  • Possess the ability to read and understand short texts, such as advertisements, product descriptions, short narratives, and conversations centered around the home and local area.

  • Demonstrate the skill to identify specific details, main ideas or points of view, implied meanings and feelings from the texts related to the home or local area.

  • Exhibit capacity for inter-textual reading, which involves relating information or ideas from different texts about home and local area.

Cultural Understanding and Comparisons

  • Understand and interpret sociocultural dimensions related to home and local area contexts in texts. This might involve different types of houses, patterns of local trade, or community life, which are specific to Gujarati speaking societies.

  • Be prepared to make comparisons and contrasts between your experience of the home and local area and what is portrayed in the texts.

By mastering these skills, you will be better equipped to deal with the reading tasks related to home and local area topics in the Gujarati language.

Course material for Gujarati, module Reading, topic Home and local area

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