Advanced Hindi II

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This course is designed to further develop students’ proficiency in Hindi language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) at an advanced level and it aims to increase students’ awareness and ability to use the Hindi language in different settings and registers. Emphasis is placed on the application of complex grammatical structures, vocabulary expansion, and cultural understanding through authentic materials and contexts. The goals of this course are to offer opportunities for students to report about current events, create narratives and arguments, express opinions and participate in debates about different issues related to Indian culture, literature, history, politics and economy. The focus is on developing higher proficiency through a variety of texts, articles related to Indian economic, historic, social and cultural issues and short stories by Premchand, Yashpal, Kamleshwar, Susham Bedi and other writers. Online resources and selected movies will be used to address the variety of topics. Read more.