Course Description
A continuation of the introductory course in Hindi. Fundamentals of Hindi pronunciation, reading, writing, and grammar.
Athena Title
ELEM HINDI II
Prerequisite
HNDI 1001
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The objective of Elementary Hindi II is to further develop the communicative skills in spoken and written Hindi as it is defined by ACTFL. At the end of the course, students will be able to handle successfully communicative skills and social situations, read and respond to simple discourse and interact with Hindi speakers according to Indian cultural norms.
Topical Outline
Week 1 simple tenses Week 2 use of "sakana" Week 3 time expressions Week 4 the perfect tenses Week 5 comparative and superlative adjectives Week 6 the verb "hona" Week 7 compulsion and obligation Week 8 conjunct verbs Week 9 the particles "hi" "bhi" and "to" Week 10 conjunctive participle, the verb "lagana" Week 11 uses of "vala" Week 12 indefinite pronouns and adjectives Week 13 intransitive and transitive verbs Week 14 relative-correlative pronouns Week 15 review
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global CultureSyllabus