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Why Study Hindi?

Hindi 2 AIMS & OBJECTIVES

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Hindi 2 is a beginners’ module, and is a continuation of Hindi 1. It is an integrated course which will help students gain higher basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.

The objective is that by the end of the module students will have a strong basis in the grammar and vocabulary of modern standard Hindi and be in the position to start reading modern Hindi texts and be able to converse on a wide range of topics such as family life, education, work, development issues and culture and society in the Hindi speaking areas of North India.

PREREQUISITES

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LAH1201 Hindi 1, or its equivalence, or by placement test.

SYLLABUS

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Hindi Module 2: Syllabus highlights

	Topics / Communicative Situations	Grammar
1	Rural Life Talking about farming Talking about finding the way	subjunctive: possibility, requests, suggestions , मिलना availability, लायक़ worth doing
2	Village schools Talking about literacy Talking about education	सकना can do something चुकना have done something जो relative clauses ‘who’ &‘which’
3	Village life Talking about development Talking about festivals	सो जाना ‘go to sleep’ etc. हिन्दी बोल लेता है etc. knowing skills अगर... तो... ‘if...then...’ statements
4	At the Well Talking about caste & gender Urban rural issues	ख़ुद ‘myself’, ‘yourself’, etc. महँगे होते हैं general truths वाला with nouns/adjectives , agency
5	On a car journey Talking about rural poverty Talking about communities	जब... तब... ‘when...then...’, etc. उसको खाने दो ‘let him eat...’ नीला-सा ‘blueish’ , छोटा सा ‘smallish’
6	At the Post Office Talking about postage The freedom struggle	जैसा similarity and difference जन्म होना वग़ैरह life events birth, etc. चोट लगना accidents and injuries
7	In a factory Talking about factories Talking about handicrafts	बनना, बनाना, बनवाना ‘it is made’, ‘I make’ and ‘I cause it to be made’ बस का इंतज़ार waiting ‘for’ a bus
8	In the Market Saying ‘boiled water’ Talking about markets	उबला हुआ पानी ‘boiled water’ ‘ गीत गाती औरतें singing women’ ‘ गाते हुए औरतें women singing’
9	In college Studying Hindi Benefits of studying Hindi	passive and active constructions agents in passive sentences ‘dummy’ passive statements usages with याद to remember
10	In a college Canteen Study Abroad experiences Study in India experiences	लिख डालना ‘write/dash off’ modal verbs to add shades of meaning चाहे यह या वह whether this or that… थोड़ी ही दूँगा ‘scarcely..’ statements

TEACHING MODES

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Lecture-Tutorial Format

Classes will consist of lectures (language classes) and tutorials. Four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing will be developed through communicative activities in or outside of class. Grammar and vocabulary will be taught during the lectures and practiced during the tutorial.

This is a 100% CA module. Quizzes and tests will be done during language classes and tutorials. Students will have to submit assignments and homework regularly.

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