ANU - STUDYAT - Hindi 2A

Offered By:

Faculty of Asian Studies

Academic Career:

Graduate Coursework

Course Subject:

Hindi

Offered in:

HIND6300 will not be offered in 2010

Unit Value:

6 units

Course Description:

This course provides students with the opportunity to read and discuss selected works by Hindi writers of the twentieth century. The course is conducted in Hindi and would also be of interest to students of Urdu.

Syllabus: Hindi 2A is conducted in Hindi. The course would also be of interest to Urdu students.

(a) Development of advanced conversational skills in Hindi;

(b) advanced discussion of Hindi grammatical usage and literary style;

(c) comprehension of lectures given in Hindi;

(d) reading of Hindi prose and poetry.

Learning Outcomes:

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.

Indicative Assessment:

Proposed Assessment: Semester based testing 40%, written assignments 50% and class participation 10%.

Areas of Interest:

Asian Languages and Cultural Studies

Requisite Statement:

Prerequisites: HIND1009 or HIND1200 or equivalent (HIND1003 plus HIND1007), or permission of coordinator

Incompatibility:

Incompatible: with HIND2004, HIND2006, HIND2103, HIND3006, SWAH2004 and SWAH2103

Prescribed Texts:

Prescribed Texts: 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

Academic Contact:

Mr Richard Barz

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