Hindi 1
UndergraduateANU-HIND11002025
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.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 17 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Hindi 1
About this subject
On satisfying the requirements of this subject, students will have the knowledge at an Introductory level of Hindi to:
- Recognise and pronounce all 52 Hindi sounds and the consonant and vowel combinations
- Read and write all basic Hindi characters and their combinations
- Use an active vocabulary of around 500 items and a passive vocabulary of 750 items
- Understand and use a limited range of simple sentences and tenses for everyday situations
- Communicate in everyday written and spoken contexts such as shopping, travel, and interacting with people
- Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of status, age, gender, and religion on communication.
- Lesson 1: The Hindi script: vowel sounds
- Lesson 2: The Hindi script: consonant sounds
- Lesson 3: The Hindi script: other sounds (foreign loans, conjuncts, etc.)
- Lesson 4: “Excuse me!”: being polite and basic conversation features
- Lesson 5: “What is this?”: asking and answering basic questions
- Lesson 6: “How are you?”: greetings, commands and requests
- Lesson 7: “Give it to me!” giving direct orders
- Lesson 8: “I am in Delhi”: basic descriptions
- Lesson 9: “Where are the bowls?”: talking about locations and positions
- Lesson 10: “We live in the city?”: describing habits, states and actions
- Lesson 11: “How old are you?”: talking about possessions, age, continuous actions
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.
- Participation in online classes (10%)
- 2 x 200 word quiz = 400 words (10%)
- 10x homework assignments – 3% each (30%)
- Mid-semester oral test - 5min (10%)
- Mid-semester test - 90min (15%)
- End of semester oral test - 5min (10%)
- End of semester test - 90min (15%)
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Entry requirements
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This is a subject for beginners. Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test. Students are not permitted to enrol in a subject that is lower than the level they achieve in the placement test, or a lower level than a subject they have already completed.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - To successfully engage in this subject students will need the following: Laptop or computer Computer camera (either inbuilt or webcam) Headset with microphone Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browser Reliable internet access Access to a scanner or smartphone.
- Other requirements - In order to achieve these learning outcomes, each week students are expected to study for five hours as follows: 1. 60 minutes (2x 30 mins) of pre-class preparation. This includes reading the relevant portions of the textbook, watching pre-recorded lectures, and preparing questions for class. 2. 50 minutes (10-15 mins daily) memorising vocabulary and course content. 3. 180 minutes of classroom time, participating in 2 x 90-minute classes online. 4. 60 minutes, post-class completing weekly exercises and assignments. It is also expected that students should spend an additional 5 hours of individual study practising the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary and reviewing feedback on their work. Prescribed Texts *This textbook will be used for Hindi 1, 2, 3, & 4 The prescribed textbook is available in two formats. The print version is recommended; however, students can choose to buy the enhanced eBook + audio but there has been reports of technical problems with eBook. Option 1 -- Print Version Snell, Rupert, and Simon Weightman. 2016. Complete Hindi. Teach Yourself. London: John Murray Publishing. (ISBN: 978-1-4441-0683-1) Option 2 -- "Enhanced eBook + Audio" Snell, Rupert, and Simon Weightman. 2017. Complete Hindi: Beginner to Intermediate Course: Enhanced eBook. John Murray.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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