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Continuing Gamilaraay

Speaking Gamilaraay 1

Introductory Arabic 1

Thai 1

Sanskrit 1

Literary Chinese 1

Tetum 1

Tok Pisin 1

Vietnamese 1

Elementary Turkish A

Hindi 4 completes all foundational language skills necessary for you to communicate your experiences, opinions, and ideas with Hindi speakers while speaking and writing. By the end of Hindi 4, you will have been introduced to and should have gained confidence in using all basic and complex grammatical structures that will allow you to engage with native speakers of Hindi and authentic materials written in Hindi. You will also have the cultural competency to engage with Indian cultural life. After this course, you will be able to take advanced Hindi courses focusing on fiction and non-fiction literature and media. For ANU students, this course has a strong emphasis on in-person learning, with the additional participation of online students coming through Open Universities Australia (OUA). This makes our classroom highly interactive and diverse. This course takes full advantage of digital tools and authentic audio-visual materials from India to give you an immersive experience of Hindi language and Indian culture.

Further your advanced-beginner knowledge. Learn to describe through narration and use active and passive voice. Cover vocabulary in Hindi film and travel. Look at the culture, including the importance of performance and pressures of life in India.

Hindi 4

In Hindi 3, we take our language skills to the next level, by moving beyond basic exchanges into more nuanced and natural conversations about life in India and in the South Asian diaspora. Along with the spoken skills that we develop in class, creative assignments will also strengthen your writing and reading abilities. This means that we can start engaging with popular and online media from India and discussing essential knowledge about Indian cultural life. At the end of Hindi 3, you should be able to talk about your skills and abilities, your obligations, and experiences, and express your opinions on a wide variety of topics. For ANU students, this course has a strong emphasis on in-person learning, with the additional participation of online students coming through Open Universities Australia (OUA). This makes our classroom highly interactive and diverse. This course takes full advantage of digital tools and authentic audio-visual materials from India to give you an immersive experience of Hindi language and Indian culture.

Study an advanced beginner level of Hindi. Learn the ways Hindi vocabulary reflects traditions. Cover complex sentences with more than one clause. Talk about how actions can occur, be done or be caused.

Hindi 3

In Hindi 2, we build upon the foundational language structures, topics, and cultural contexts that we began in Hindi 1. This course has a strong focus on describing actions and events in the past, present, and future. To do this, we learn essential verb forms and practice talking with our friends about past experiences, current activities, and future plans. Class time and course assignments are designed to be interactive and make use of audio-visual material and online tools. You will also start to explore special topics of interest related to Indian culture for course assignments. This entirely online class uses all the digital tools available to us to develop confidence in Hindi communication and interaction with Indian culture. At the end of this course, you will be able to talk with Hindi speakers about travelling in India, going out with friends, your hobbies, basic needs, and desires. With these skills at your disposal, you will quickly make friends with one of the half-billion Hindi speakers in the world, including many who live here in Australia. For ANU students, this course has a strong emphasis on in-person learning, with the additional participation of online students coming through Open Universities Australia (OUA). This makes our classroom highly interactive and diverse.

Delve further into Hindi as you develop your reading, writing, and speaking. Begin to understand how stress and intonation are used for expression. Get insight into cultural contexts and grow your understanding of the everyday life of Hindi speakers. 

Hindi 2

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India and across the South Asian diaspora globally, including in Australia. In total, Hindi is spoken by nearly 500 million people. ‘Hindi 1’ is the introductory course for Hindi at ANU. For ANU students, this course has a strong emphasis on in-person learning, with the additional participation of online students coming through Open Universities Australia (OUA). This makes our classroom highly interactive and diverse. At the end of the semester, you will be able to read and write in the Hindi script (Devanagari) and speak comfortably in a variety of everyday scenarios. In addition to studying Hindi grammar in detail, you will also focus on speaking and listening skills through interactive roleplaying and online audio-video interactions for assignments. You’ll also be equipped with essential cultural knowledge to navigate Indian society. By the end of the course, you will be able to comfortably talk about yourself when meeting new friends, describe your home, town, and country, shop for essentials and express your likes and dislikes about many things.  Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.

Read, speak and comprehend basic Hindi. Negotiate the language’s consonant and vowel combinations. Engage in simple everyday conversations about travel and shopping as you get a sense of the lifestyle and culture enjoyed in Hindi-speaking societies.

Hindi 1

Literary Chinese is a written language that matured long before the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.), when China first became an empire. It continued to be used by China&#39;s governing and elite cultures for nearly three millennia. A command of Literary Chinese is therefore indispensable for the study of any aspect of Chinese literature, thought, history, politics, or society before the twentieth century.The idioms, syntax, style, and allusions of Literary Chinese continue to pervade the modern language. Its enduring influence results from the fact that the great legacies of Chinese culture, right down to the present day, have been largely preserved in this medium. Contemporary Chinese political and social discourse, and education, places increasing emphasis on knowledge of pre-modern Chinese culture and on familiarity with texts written in Literary Chinese. So without a grounding in Literary Chinese, it is impossible to gain a full understanding of the language or content of newspaper articles, literary works, and scholarly prose written in contemporary Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the People&#39;s Republic of China. It has also shaped the linguistic and cultural traditions of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.This course focuses on the analysis and translation of a selection of texts for beginners from the pre-Qin (before 221 BC) and Han (206 BC to 220 AD) periods. Students develop an understanding of the main grammatical forms, function words, and sentence patterns of this formative period of Literary Chinese. Students will also study techniques of translation, as well as the cultural backgrounds essential to understanding the texts at hand.

This course builds on skills learned in Burmese 3 and students will have ample opportunities to review, exercise, and expand their knowledge of the spoken style of Burmese. A variety of listening comprehension materials including business negotiations and basic discussions on academic topics will encourage the development of students&#39; speaking skills.Students will learn the basic rules of literary-style Burmese and appropriate vocabulary, some of which are drawn from Pali and Sanskrit. The course contents will help students gain access to authentic Burmese materials in both print and online platforms such as newspapers, magazine articles, governmental documents, encyclopedia entries, dictionaries, and excerpts from literary works. The topics include Myanmar history, economics, anthropology, mythology, and practical conversations such as negotiations and problem-solving in business. These topics deepen students’ understanding of Myanmar culture and society. Students will write Burmese compositions and speech scripts in spoken-style Burmese on both the assigned topics and the research topics of their interest in Myanmar.  The course often invites Burmese native speakers and Myanmar specialists as guests, to enhance students’ Burmese speaking abilities and exposure to the language. Students will give presentations to the guests, based on the topics covered in the course.  Each week students are expected to study for 6 hours as follows:   <ol><li>90 minutes in total, before each online class, working on the written and audio materials for the week, and, memorising the written and spoken forms of that week’s vocabulary  </li><li>180 minutes in total, participating in two 90-minute online classes   </li><li>90 minutes in total, completing online follow-up exercises regarding listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and vocabulary  </li></ol>It is also expected that students should spend at least 4 hours of individual study practising the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary and reviewing feedback on their work.

Burmese 4

This course builds upon the skills and knowledge achieved in Burmese 2. Students will expand their knowledge of the spoken-style Burmese and most of its grammatical expressions. Upon completion of the course, students will gain more sophisticated spoken and written language skills.  In this course, students will look deeper into Myanmar’s traditional and changing lifestyles in recent years including activities at weddings, funerals and seasonal festivities. Folktales, stories of Buddha’s life and Buddhist-related rituals such as ordinations as novices and meditation practices are also included in the course. Students should be able to express both appreciation and offer insightful discussions about Myanmar’s traditional culture. By the end of the course, students will learn vocabulary related to the topics above, new spoken-style grammar and expressions. Students will use different registers for formal/informal languages and learn more advanced communication skills for situations at university and in the workplace. The course often invites Burmese native speakers and Myanmar specialists as guests to enhance students’ speaking abilities and exposure to the language. Students will be encouraged to make a short presentation on the topics learned to the guests. Through these interactions, students will improve their Burmese receptive, interactive, and productive skills.

Burmese 3

This course builds on the skills learned in Burmese 1 and continues studying spoken-style Burmese in both oral and written expressions.  In this course, students will become more aware of Myanmar’s socio-cultural aspects in daily conversation and simple passages. Students will expand their vocabulary, learn and use more complex grammatical structures including how to express abilities, experiences, and comparisons. The topics include the education system, part-time job interviews, Myanmar’s geography, and diverse ethnicities, some traditional festival activities, and the differences between big cities and rural areas.  The course invites Burmese native speakers and Myanmar specialists as guests to broaden their knowledge of Myanmar culture. Through these interactions students also improve their Burmese receptive, interactive, and productive skills.  Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences. ﻿Each week students are expected to study for 6 hours as follows:   1. 90 minutes in total, before each online class, working on the written and audio materials for the week, and, memorising the written and spoken forms of that week’s vocabulary  2. 180 minutes in total, participating in two 90-minute online classes   3. 90 minutes in total, completing online follow-up exercises regarding listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and vocabulary   It is also expected that students should spend at least 4 hours of individual study practicing the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary and reviewing feedback on their work.

Burmese 2

Burmese is the official language of Myanmar and is also the main lingua-franca in the country as well as in Burmese communities worldwide. Myanmar embraces many ethnic groups and a diversity of cultures while being a Buddhist country. Burmese also has a long history of use in literary works and music, and now the language is a key medium that connects the Myanmar communities domestically and internationally via the internet. Students will develop an understanding of basic cultural practice in Myanmar societies through this course. In this course, students will be introduced to the spoken-style Burmese language and gain communicative commands at an introductory level. The course will emphasise conversations in everyday situations such as greetings, shopping, and family gatherings. Students will also learn how to use the language appropriately in different social situations as well as familiarise themselves with reading and writing Burmese script. Students will study short conversations and scripts, learning the main aspects of phonology, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary of Burmese. Students are given opportunities to practice their Burmese listening, speaking, writing, reading, and translation skills with the help of a dictionary.  Throughout the semester, students will role-play conversations and occasionally interact with Burmese guest speakers sharing their lived experiences of their own places and cultures to enhance their receptive, interactive, and productive skills.This is a fast paced academic course at a University level via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.

Burmese 1

This course continues the work undertaken in Advanced Arabic “1” and introduces students to more advanced and complex texts in Arabic. The course assumes previous knowledge of the language over two years or equivalent. Negotiation and debating techniques will be practised on a broad range of topics as well as supervised discussions on relevant issues to further promote oral and listening skills. You are expected to spend an average of ten hours per week on preparation, study, and assignments, and to work individually on your four skills using the audio resources provided with the textbook. Conversation is taught once a week for one hour. It involves practising oral and face-to-face dialogue and conversation that involves day-to-day usage of the language based on acquired vocabulary. This course continues the work undertaken in Advanced Arabic “1” and introduces students to more advanced and complex texts in Arabic. The course assumes previous knowledge of the language over two years or equivalent. Negotiation and debating techniques will be practised on a broad range of topics as well as supervised discussions on relevant issues to further promote oral and listening skills. You are expected to spend an average of ten hours per week on preparation, study, and assignments, and to work individually on your four skills using the audio resources provided with the textbook. Conversation is taught once a week for one hour. It involves practising oral and face-to-face dialogue and conversation that involves day-to-day usage of the language based on acquired vocabulary.Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.Students are expected to attend 4 hours per week of online live classes and spend an additional 6 hours per week on self-study.

Advanced Arabic 2

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