Languagenut Urdu has been designed to support teachers and students learning Urdu from beginner to higher level. There are activities related to each topic enforcing the four skills: reading, listening, writing and speaking.
Our extensive intermediate and advanced resources are ideal for developing exam skills, offering you and your students all you need to make and see progress, including:
- 8,000 comprehensive exam-style questions
- Extensive vocabulary bank of more than 3,900 words and phrases
- Challenging activities covering all four key skills
- Over 50 unlockable achievements
- Create your own content
- IOS tablet apps
- Grammar and Verb exercises
Time for Teacher; Feedback for Students
Languagenut avoids wasted time spent on marking multiple choice or true/false questions – almost all our reading and listening activities are automatically marked, with immediate feedback given to students. Students’ audio recordings and written paragraphs are stored and collated for ease of marking. Students can see and take ownership of their own learning with a history of what they’ve done and how well they did.
- No more tick and flick
- Chronological history of assigned tasks and performance for every student & class
- Individually assignable tasks for easy differentiation
Extensive Vocabulary Bank
Our Vocabulary Trainer features an extensive bank of thousands of words. We’ve hand-picked vocabulary to create 80 sections, covering common KS3-4/S1-S4 topics/themes – some are vocabulary groups, others are sets of phrases in particular tenses.
- Filter by topic, word type or tense
- 14 games covering listening, reading, writing and speaking/talking
Exam-style Questions
Our Urdu product has been designed to support you in developing your students’ exam skills, through sound pedagogical activities spanning listening, reading, writing and speaking/talking. Activities include:
- Semi-spontaneous speaking/talking
- Open writing
- Gap fill
- Multiple Choice
- Read Aloud
- Dictation
Teacher Admin Area
Quickly identify students in need of additional support, particular praise or more of a challenge. it’s easier than ever to evidence student progress – whether it’s an Ofsted/HMIE/Estyn/ETI inspection, parents’ evening or a professional development assessment, just select what you need and print it out!
- Set individual tasks, monitor performance and evidence progress
- Provide detailed feedback on assignments
- Access a range of printable resources for blended learning
- Create your own content
Sheraz Ali, Author
Sheraz Ali is a passionate and leading expert in the teaching of Urdu in UK schools. Currently serving as Director of learning MFL at Eden Girls Leadership Academy Manchester and Curriculum Excellence Fellow for Modern Foreign Languages at Star Academies, his role involves leading initiatives to raise standards and enable high-impact, culturally rich language curricula across the Trust’s schools.
With extensive experience in curriculum design, delivery, and improving students’ attainment in MFL, Sheraz brings a depth of knowledge that is recognised nationally.
Sheraz is a passionate teacher, mentoring new and early career Urdu practitioners and delivering training sessions across the UK. His vast classroom experience, including thirteen years of teaching Urdu at the University of Manchester, underpins his ability to design curricula that enable all pupils to make strong progress in their language studies.
He is a prolific author and a passionate promoter of linguistic and cultural awareness. His books, Urdu Likhnā, Paṛhnā and Pakistan ke Rang, Sheraz ke Sang, celebrate the rich heritage of the Urdu language and aid its teaching and learning. His new publication, Urdu Sentence Builders, is due later this year. Sheraz also created the first Urdu iBook vocabulary resource on iTunes and has collaborated with Languagenut to produce high-calibre digital resources for schools across the UK.
Sheraz’s work has been recognised by the education community as he received the Pearson’s Award for Outstanding Use of Technology in Education (2017), was shortlisted for the TES Digital Innovation Award (2018), and received an award from the High Commission of Pakistan in London for his services to Urdu teaching and learning in the UK. His expertise is frequently sought after at national conferences, both in the UK and abroad, where he shares strategies for developing strong, culturally rich, and innovative curricula.
He is a passionate and collaborative leader who strives to make a measurable, positive difference to the outcomes for all pupils. His aim is to enable schools and educators to foster linguistic excellence alongside deep cultural understanding preparing the younger generation for a more connected world.