Bengali
A-level
One-year AS/two-year A-level
Develop your Bengali skills to become a creative and confident communicator in this community language. You will develop your understanding of the matters relating to the Bengali-speaking community. This is a good opportunity to gain an additional qualification by building on your existing Bengali skills, thereby reinforcing your university application.
Required qualifications
Five or more A*-C grades at GCSE, including English language and either grade C in GCSE Bengali or previous knowledge and experience of the language.
What will I study?
The course will focus on:
- media, transport, communication, food, health and fitness, family, religion, leisure and other social issues
- issues of citizenship, crime and punishment
- education, training and employment
- poetry and novels
- the Bengali grammatical system.
On the course you will:
- read and respond to a variety of written texts
- study current affairs
- use Bengali accurately to organise and present ideas in writing
- translate from Bengali to English.
Method of assessment
There are two written examinations and one oral examination, which will assess your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
What will I be able to progress to?
Your qualification will be valuable if you decide to study a degree such as law, business studies, languages or humanities. Selected universities also offer degrees in Bengali. You could also enter employment in areas such as interpreting, translating, legal work or community and social work. We advise that you study Bengali alongside a full programme of other A-levels.
Other information
This subject is taught in twilight sessions and can be studied in addition to a full-time programme at NewVIc. You will be required to purchase a suitable dictionary.