Hindi 20b Spring 2015

Instructor: Renu Tewarie

Email:

Telephone number: (781) 736-5240

Office: Mandel first floor, Last pod 125

Office Hours: Thursday and Friday, 10-11 am or by appointment.

Course summary: This course will teach students the basics of writing, reading and speaking Hindi. The textbook will be supplemented by web material, movie clips and songs, which will assist students in mastering every day conversations and provide students with cultural context.

Prerequisites/placement: Beginning Hindi 10a or proficiency in reading and writing Devanagari and speaking basic sentences in Hindi.

Text and Material:

  1. Required:
  • Snell and Weightman. Teach yourself Hindi (McGraw-Hill,2003)
  • Usha Jain, Introduction to Hindi Grammar. Berkeley CA Centers for South and Studies, University of California, 1995
  1. Supplemental material: Students are strongly encouraged to review the web resources listed below:
  • http://www.southasia.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/
  • http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urduhindilinks/hu hindi.html
  • http:/www.ncsu.edu/project/hindi lesson/
  • “A Door into Hindi" is another site (found here: http://taj.chass.ncsu.edu) that may be used for homework and class work

Requirements and Expectations: Class sessions and assignments will include regular written homework, listening exercise in and out of class, weekly quizzes, dictations and skits built around the reading and grammatical concepts. Students will receive a new vocabulary list every week, and will practice incorporating new words into their conversations on a regular basis. A two volume CD set of “Teach Yourself Hindi” will also be used for listening material.

Throughout the course, students will learn about the main festivals and culture of the Hindi-speaking community in India. We will listen and watch songs, practice every day conversations and watch movie clips.

Attendance: Attendance is required. More than three absences will influence the final grade. Students are required to inform the instructor beforehand about absences and are responsible for getting up-to-speed on any material covered and homework distributed for all missed classes.

Grading policy:

Grades will be based on the following:

  • Attendance and class participation: 30%
  • Daily written and homework assignments: 30%
  • Quizzes: 10%
  • Tests (mid-term and final): 30% (each test will account for 15%)

Grading scale for tests and quizzes:

  • 94-100: A
  • 90-93: A-
  • 87-89: B+
  • 84-86: B
  • 80-83: B-
  • 77-79: C+
  • 74-76: C
  • 70-73: C-
  • 67-69: D+
  • 64-66: D
  • Below 64 is F

LESSON PLAN

Week of January 12:

Introduction /Family and Friends

Grammar / Material will be provided by instructor
Reading / Material will be provided by instructor
Vocabulary / Complete Hindi -1a “I am Pratham” CD 1 TR2

Week of January 19:

Pronouns and Verbs

Grammar / Material will be provided by instructor
Reading / Usha Jain Textbook, Chapter 12
Vocabulary / Clip from "Door into Hindi"

Week of January 26;

Food /Cuisine

Reading / Material will be provided by instructor
Writing / Recipes in simple Hindi
Vocabulary / Material will be provided by instructor

Week of February 2:

Time & Numbers

Grammar / Material will be provided by Instructor
Reading / Usha Jain Textbook, Chapter 27
Vocabulary / Months/days/reading time

Week of February 9:

Providing Direction & Seasons

Reading / Small poems provided by instructor
Vocabulary / Material provided by instructor

Week of February 16;

Midterm Recess

Week of February 23:

Professions and job descriptions

Grammar / Suffix-wala
Reading / Usha Jain Textbook, Chapter 10
Vocabulary / Dialogue and film clips

Week of March 2

Mid –Term/Comparatives and Superlatives

Grammar / Comparative/ Superlative
Reading / Usha Jain Textbook, Chapter 28
Vocabulary / Dialogue

Week of March 9:

Trip to India:

Grammar / Material will be provided by instructor
Reading / Material will be provided by instructor
Vocabulary / Material will be provided by instructor

Week of March 16:

Doctor’s Visit

Reading / Snell and Weightman Textbook, Page 322-323
Vocabulary / Material will be provided by instructor

Week of March 23:

Verbs

Grammar / Sikhana, paana, chukaana (“To teach, to obtain, to return”)
Reading / Usha Jain Textbook, Chapters 12, 38 and 39

Week of March 30:

Short Stories and Dialogue

Grammar / Short stories (Material will be provided by instructor)
Reading /vocabulary / Material will provided by instructor

Week of April 3

Spring Break

Week of April 13:

Grammar / Jab/tab (When/Then); Jo/Vo (“The one who”)
Reading / Snell and Weightman Textbook, Chapter 13

Week of April 20:

Complex sentence structures

Grammar / Relative correlative construction
Reading / Usha Jain Textbook, Chapter 42

Week of April 27:

Review for the final exams

April 30:

Final exam