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Hindi Faculty
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Uma Saini,
Senior Lecturer
20 Krieger Hall, 410-516-7809
usaini@jhu.edu |
Hindi Course Descriptions
381.101-102 Beginning Hindi
This course prepares students to function in everyday situations
in the Hindi speaking world. Focuses on the acquisition of basic
vocabulary and grammatical structures in culturally authentic
contexts through listening, speaking, reading, and writing
comprehension. Hindi reading and writing is taught in its
original Dayva-nagari script. Oral-aural drills in class and
work in the Language Lab is required. Note: Students with
existing demonstrable skills in spoken Hindi should take
381.105-106 Accelerated Beginning Hindi. 3.0 credits
381.105-106 Accelerated
Beginning Hindi
For students who have significant, previous acquired ability to
understand and speak basic Hindi. The course focuses on reading
and writing Dayva-nagari script from day one, and on the
refinement of the basic language skills of listening and
speaking. Expansion of vocabulary and grammatical structures and
further development of communicative skills. Content focuses on
cultural patterns in the Hindi-speaking world. 3.0 credits
381.201-202 Intermediate
Hindi
Drawing upon Indian epics, history, fables, and folk tales the
course placed language training in its socio-cultural ethos
while imparting instruction for speaking, writing and
comprehending Hindi. At the completion of the course, students
will be well equipped to initiate, sustain, and close an every
day conversation; write letters and short compositions; read,
with full understanding, simple texts dealing with personal and
social needs; grasp the main ideas and information from commonly
used audio-visual materials. 3.0 credits
381.301-302 Advanced Hindi
Promotes the active use of Hindi in culturally authentic
contexts. Development of fluency in oral and written
communication is emphasized. Prerequisite: 381.201-202. 3.0
credits
381.311-312 Hindi
Conversation
This course is geared towards listening comprehension,
enrichment of vocabulary and exposure to various social
situations. Students will get an opportunity to learn to narrate
and support their views in informal and formal styles. The
course will promote a meaningful interaction to understand the
cultural nuances. The socio-cultural rules would help the
students to monitor their own language performance and enhance
one's appreciation for language. Attaining the native competency
through films in quite exciting. It is an eye-tonic for students
to learn language specific features. 3.0 credits
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