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Hindi 2

Undergraduate | ANU-HIND1200 | 2019

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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. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
14 weeks

FEE-HELP available

Hindi 2

About this subject

  • On satisfying the requirements of this subject, students will have the knowledge at an introductory level of Hindi to:

    • Recognise and appropriately employ patterns of stress and emphasis in Hindi speech.
    • Read and write Hindi with a correct understanding of word formation and an ability to write compound words and verb formations.
    • Use an active vocabulary of around 1000 items and a passive vocabulary of 1500 items.
    • Understand and be able to use a broad range of sentences, structures, and tenses related to the past, present and future for everyday situations in written and spoken Hindi.
    • Communicate in contexts such as the everyday lives of students and Hindi speakers.
    • Demonstrate an understanding of how Indian cultures and traditions influence communication.

    In order to achieve these learning outcomes, each week students are expected to study for five hours as follows:

    • 30 minutes, before class, studying the written and audio materials for the week  
    • 30 minutes, memorising the written and spoken forms of that week’s class content  
    • 180 minutes, participate in 2 x 90 minute sessions, via Zoom  
    • 60 minutes, completing weekly exercises  

    It is also expected that students should spend at least 5 hours of individual study practising the week’s written and spoken language forms and vocabulary and reviewing feedback on their work. 

Entry requirements

Prior study

To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:

Others

Completion of HIND1100 Hindi 1 or demonstration of equivalent level through completion of a placement test. 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.

Students without the appropriate level of proficiency for ANU-HIND1200 (Hindi 2) will be withdrawn from this subject and we will recommend an alternative subject at the correct level.

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 or headphones with microphone • Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browser • Reliable internet access • Access to a scanner or smartphone

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.

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