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Scottish Schools  2nd Level: Welcome to My World: Iesa's new life in the countryside

Iesa on his farm

Iesa's new life in the countryside

Welcome to My World

School Radio - Scottish Schools  2nd Level, Welcome to My World, Iesa's new life in the countryside

Iesa lives in Scotland with his Pakistani family, and speaks both English and Urdu.

In this programme we meet Iesa (above) who lives on a farm in Scotland, and speaks both Urdu and English. We’ll also hear again from Salahuddin, the boy we met in the last programme, whose two languages are English and Arabic. By the end of the programme, you might be able to speak at least a few words in ALL these three languages!

1.Iesa is one of the millions of people around the world who speak Urdu. Iesa’s parents are both from Pakistan, but he and his family all live in Scotland now, and have just moved from the city to the peace and quiet of the countryside. We’ll learn about Iesa’s love of science and doing experiments … sometimes in the family kitchen! And we’ll also hear how to count from 1 to 10 in Urdu.

2. Syrian-born Salahuddin speaks English at school on Monday to Friday, then on Saturdays he goes to another school where he speaks Arabic. It’s important to him to be able to speak both languages because he has lots of relatives living in Jordan who talk in Arabic, and he wants to be able to chat them when he visits them. 

Do you think you might be able to spot what some Arabic words mean? Salahuddin’s got a quiz for you ...

3. Iesa’s back … and this time we find out about his love of sleepovers, beatboxing and shopping. In the market, he goes in search of his favourite Pakistani food “gol guppay”. When he’s not able to find any, he cooks some at home instead. Listen for the sizzle!

Presented by Ruth Chalmers

Producers: Uzma Mir, Gregor Reid, and Ruth Chalmers
Composer: Tom Urie
Educational Consultant: Gillian Campbell-Thow
Welcome to My World is a Turmeric Media Production

Scottish Schools  2nd Level: Welcome to My World

Meet six children from Scotland who speak two different languages.

Drop in on the lives of Scottish children who speak two different languages: English and Arabic, Polish, Urdu, Gaelic, Punjabi or Mandarin.

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