HIND6309 Hindi 1B in-country
| Offered By | School of Culture, History and Language | ||
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework | ||
| Course Subject | Hindi | ||
| Offered in | Summer Session, 2013 | ||
| Unit Value | 6 units | ||
| Course Description |
Syllabus: (a) development of conversational skills in Hindi and Urdu; (b) instruction in reading and writing the Devanagari script as used for Hindi; (c) explanation of the grammar of Hindi and Urdu; (d) reading of graded texts in the Hindi script (e) original compositions in the Hindi script. As Hindi and Urdu are identical in grammar and basic vocabulary, Hindi 1A in-country provides foundational skills for those interested in learning Urdu. |
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| Indicative Assessment | Continuous testing 40%, written assignments 50% and class participation 10%. | ||
| Workload |
Hindi 1B: in-country is an intensive course with conversational focus taught in India three hours per day, five days a week for four weeks in June and July and again in November and December. |
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| Course Classification(s) | SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation. | ||
| Areas of Interest | Asian Languages | ||
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| Consent Required | Enrolment in this course is by departmental consent only | ||
| Prescribed Texts |
Prescribed Text: Barz, R.K. and Yadav, Y.K., An Introduction to Hindi and Urdu, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2000 Barz, R.K. and Yadav, Y.K., Hindi Exercise Manual with CD set, South Asia Centre, Canberra, 1994 Bulcke, C., An English-Hindi Dictionary, S. Chand, New Delhi, 1997 McGregor, R.S., The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1993 |
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| Preliminary Reading | None. | ||
| Academic Contact | Yogendra Kumar Yadav and Dr Richard Barz |
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