This course provides students with the opportunity to learn to read Hindi/Urdu in the Urdu script. The course is conducted as far as possible in Hindi/Urdu and is a part of the Hindi major.

Syllabus:

(a) Instruction in reading and writing the Urdu script;

(b) development of advanced conversational skills in Hindi/Urdu[1];   

(c) advanced discussion of Urdu grammatical usage and literary style; 

(d) comprehension of lectures given in Hindi/Urdu;

(e) reading of Urdu prose.

[1]While Hindi and Urdu may be considered different languages at the literary-formal register, they are more or less the same language, Hindi/Urdu, at the colloquial spoken level.

On satisfying the requirement for this course, students will have the knowledge and skills necessary to speak, read and write the language at the level appropriate for the course.

2 semester tests 40%, written assignments 50% and oral assessment 10%.

Three hours per week

HIND1200 Hindi 1B or equivalent (HIND1003 plus HIND1007) or HIND1009 Hindi 1B: in-country or permission of coordinator

URDU6300

Barz, R.K. and Yadav, Y.K., An Introduction to Hindi and Urdu, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2000

Recommended Text: Platts, J.T., A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English, Oxford University Press, 1968