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Scottish Schools 1st Level: Welcome to My World: Maja and Jyotpreet

Maja and Jyotpreet

Welcome to My World

School Radio - Scottish Schools 1st Level, Welcome to My World, Maja and Jyotpreet

Two Scottish girls who speak two different languages

Two bilingual girls from the Polish and Punjabi communities in Scotland.

In these three editions of 'Welcome to My World', we hear more about the lives of two bilingual girls from the Polish and Punjabi communities in Scotland.

Maja, whom we met in the last episode, speaks Polish and English, and Jyotpreet is from a Sikh family and speaks English and Punjabi. The girls describe what it's like to be bilingual, and if you're new to Polish or Punjabi, you'll learn a few new words and phrases too.

Each edition is approximately 5 minutes long.
 
1. For many Polish families, Easter is a big celebration. Maja describes how she and her mum bring a basket of painted eggs to church before Easter Sunday, and how the day itself begins with a hunt around her house, looking for any gifts the Easter Bunny might have brought.
 
2. Jyotpreet’s family are Indian, and they speak Punjabi at home. At school, she has lots of friends who also speak two different languages, but they have to speak English together as that’s the one language they all have in common. We’ll listen in as she chats to her family, and even if you don’t speak Punjabi, you migh be able to understand one of Jyotpreet's conversations with her mum if you listen carefully. 
 
3: Every year the Sikh community in Glasgow go on a big procession through the city called Nagar Keertan. Jyotpreet describes how she prepares for this, and she describes what she can see and hear as she takes part in the 4-mile walk – which includes prayers, lots of food and a bouncy castle! 
 
Presented by Ruth Chalmers
Educational Consultant: Gillian Campbell-Thow
Producers Uzma Mir, Gregor Reid, and Ruth Chalmers
Composer Tom Urie

Scottish Schools 1st Level: Welcome to My World

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