Week No. |
Topics |
Week-1 |
Focus:
Introduction to Bengali language, culture, and script. Key Topics: ●
Self-introductions
using verbless sentences. ●
Overview
of West Bengal: key locations, cultural practices, cuisine, festivals, and
Bengali script basics. ●
Understanding
of Bengali Alphabet structure ●
Introduction
of initial letters based on shape similarity: ○
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Recap:
A summary video consolidating the week’s learnings. |
Week-2 |
Focus: Expanding
knowledge of Bengali script through systematic grouping. Key Topics: ●
Introduction
of letters grouped by shape similarity: ○
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Recap:
A review video summarizing new scripts and concepts. |
Week-3 |
Focus: Bengali
conjuncts and parts of speech. Key Topics: ●
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Classification
of conjuncts (same class, dissimilar class). ●
Complex
conjuncts (more than two) ●
Recap:
Consolidation of learned conjuncts and grammatical structures. |
Week-4 |
Focus: Pronouns
in Bengali grammar. Key Topics: ●
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Negation
constructions for each type of pronoun. ●
Recap:
Overview video revisiting all pronoun types and associated rules. |
Week-5 |
Focus: Verb
usage and basic vocabulary. Key Topics: ●
Regular
and irregular verbs in Bengali. ●
Usage
of simple present, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. ●
Vocabulary
development: body parts, calendars, days, months, and seasons. ●
Recap:
Video summarizing verb usage and vocabulary acquisition. |
Week-6 |
Focus: Past and
future tense usage. Key Topics: ●
Simple
past, past continuous, and past perfect tense forms. ●
Future
tense constructions (simple, continuous) ●
Introduction
to kinship terms. ●
Recap:
Video summarizing tense rules and new vocabulary. |
Week-7 |
Focus:
Interrogatives and auxiliaries. Key Topics: ●
Use
of demonstrative pronouns and classifiers. ●
Interrogative
sentence formation with negation. ●
Affirmative
and negative auxiliaries across present, past, future, and habitual aspects. ●
Recap:
Overview of auxiliary usage and question formation. |
Week-8 |
Focus:
Infinitives, Causative constructions and verbal adjectives. Key Topics: ●
Use
of causatives with and without negation. ●
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Vocabulary:
animal body parts and actions, professions, and subjects. ●
Recap:
Summary of advanced structures and expanded vocabulary. |
Week-9 |
Focus:
Imperatives, conditionals, and numerals. Key Topics: ●
Use
of imperatives and conditional sentences. ●
Vocabulary:
numerals, vegetables, food items. ●
Recap:
Review of grammar rules and practical vocabulary. |
Week-10 |
Focus:
Active-Passive voice and unique Bengali constructions. Key Topics: ●
Active
and passive voice constructions. ●
Use
of reduplications, particles, and participial constructions. ●
Recap:
Summary of nuanced grammatical constructions and their applications. |
Week-11 |
Focus: Compound
verbs and stylistic elements. Key Topics: ●
Compound
verbs and collocations. ●
Relative
correlative constructions with negation. ●
Reflexive
expressions and echo compounds. ●
Recap:
Consolidation of compound verbs and stylistic vocabulary. |
Week-12 |
Focus:
Practical application and cultural integration. Key Topics: ●
Sentence
constructions for commands, requests, and formal writing (letters,
applications). ●
Idioms,
proverbs, and Bengali typing with Unicode. ●
Recap:
Final review of practical language applications and stylistic elements. |
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