Hindi Iii
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The third year will be particularly devoted to deepen the lexical knowledge of the students: technical and specialist vocabulary will be introduced as well as the reading, translation and linguistic analysis of different kind of texts such as literary, medical and tourist ones. If needed some grammar topics will be reviewed.
Expected learning outcomes
Students at the end of the three years course are expected to reach such a knowledge of both written and spoken to be able to: talk fluently of any kind of topics and activities related to everyday and common life, read any kind of text and being able to understand and translate it through the use of a bilingual dictionary. The students will be expected to know as many synonyms as possible and they are expected to master the Hindi language to such an extent to properly choose which synonym they had better use according to the person they are talking to and to the context and to the environment the conversation is taking place in.
Lesson period: year
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
year
Whether it will be possible to return to in-person lessons will depend on the evolution of the current health emergency.
Online teaching will be delivered through the Teams platform, which is part of the Office 365 suite. The Office 365 package can be downloaded by UNIMI students from the university website free of charge. Teams has online interaction capabilities which will be fully exploited during classes. Students will be requested to fully participate in the suggested activities.
The main course classes will be primarily in lecture form and will be delivered live according to the timetable published on the MED website. Language practice sessions ("esercitazioni") will also be delivered live, at the appointed times. All the updates concerning this course will be provided promptly and, like all the informations concerning lessons, exams, etc., will be published on the course website (Lingua Hindi 3 MED) on the Ariel platform. Students are strongly advised to check the course website regularly so as to be up to date will all information and instructions.
Online teaching will be delivered through the Teams platform, which is part of the Office 365 suite. The Office 365 package can be downloaded by UNIMI students from the university website free of charge. Teams has online interaction capabilities which will be fully exploited during classes. Students will be requested to fully participate in the suggested activities.
The main course classes will be primarily in lecture form and will be delivered live according to the timetable published on the MED website. Language practice sessions ("esercitazioni") will also be delivered live, at the appointed times. All the updates concerning this course will be provided promptly and, like all the informations concerning lessons, exams, etc., will be published on the course website (Lingua Hindi 3 MED) on the Ariel platform. Students are strongly advised to check the course website regularly so as to be up to date will all information and instructions.
Course syllabus
At the beginning of the course the knowledege of Hindi grammar will be checked and reinforced. The concepts of tenses, verb conjugation, modals, comparatives etc. will be analyzed. In order to enhance the ability to use the language effectively special attention will be given to conditionals, causatives, post positions, declaration forms, repeats, reinforcement forms etc. Special attention will also be paid to the construction of words, especially "sandhi " and the use of prefix and suffix (both of Sanskrit and Arabo-Persian origin). Every effort will be made to increase vocabulary and to dwell on synonyms which are a very important part of the Hindi language.
Prerequisites for admission
Secure knowledge and competence of the content of the first two-year Hindi language programmes. In particular, the student is expected to be able to read fluently Hindi texts, known or unknown indifferently; to master all verbal tenses, servile verbs and the main intensive verbs (देना, लेना, जाना); the inflection of nouns, adjectives and pronouns in the indirect case; all the modes, implicit and explicit, of expression of subordinate propositions. They should also possess a sufficiently broad vocabulary to understand most everyday interactions. Overall, one should possess receptive and productive skills in Hindi at least at the A2/B1 level (Common Frame of Reference for Languages).
Teaching methods
Lectures/Interactive sessions. Each class will enable consistent interaction. Students' active participation in lessons will be systematically solicited through requests to participate in guided dialogues, impromptu translations into and from Hindi, role-plays, listening and comprehension exercises.
Teaching Resources
Course material will be introduced at the beginning of the course.
Students should buy both the booklet of prof. Chakraborty, and the following book:
Naresh Sharma, Hindi Tutor. Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook, Hachette, 2018.
Throughout the duration of the course the students will be given the notes of the subjects introduced and explained and all the course material.
If they don't still have one, students are supposed to buy one of the following dictionaries:
R.S. McGregor (ed.), Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1993.
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R.C. Pathak, Bhargava's Standard Illustrated Dictionary of the Hindi Language (Hindi-English Edition), Bhargava Book Depot, Varanasi, 2004.
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Hardev Bahri, Rajpal. Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary, Rajpal&Sons, Delhi, 2004.
Students should buy both the booklet of prof. Chakraborty, and the following book:
Naresh Sharma, Hindi Tutor. Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook, Hachette, 2018.
Throughout the duration of the course the students will be given the notes of the subjects introduced and explained and all the course material.
If they don't still have one, students are supposed to buy one of the following dictionaries:
R.S. McGregor (ed.), Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1993.
oppure
R.C. Pathak, Bhargava's Standard Illustrated Dictionary of the Hindi Language (Hindi-English Edition), Bhargava Book Depot, Varanasi, 2004.
oppure
Hardev Bahri, Rajpal. Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary, Rajpal&Sons, Delhi, 2004.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam includes a written test and also an oral one. It is necessary to pass the written test prior to appearing for the oral one. The written test consists of a translation from Hindi to Italian, a free writing on a given subject and a number of exercises related to vocabulary and comprehension. The oral test will be based on the correction of the written one with the possible correction of errors or inaccuracies therein. In addition to this and where there is no need to correct previously made mistakes, the student will be asked to read and translate a few lines of an unfamiliar text. The student's ability to express himself/ herself will be tested through general conversation and Q&A related to everyday subjects.
L-OR/19 - MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Angelillo Maria Del Carmelo, Chakraborty Urmila
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