Hindi Iii
A.Y. 2023/2024
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 can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
year
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 examination comprises a written test and an oral test. Passing the written test, equivalent to obtaining a mark of no less than 18/30, is binding for access to the oral test. There are no on-going examinations during the course of the year. However, participation in activities and initiatives promoted, within and outside the university, by the teacher and linked to Hindi learning, is duly taken into account and positively evaluated. The result of the written test will be communicated, within five days of the date on which the written exam was taken, by the course lecturer to each student by sending an e-mail message to their institutional e-mail address, containing a summary evaluation of the test with an indication of the major critical points and difficulties encountered and the grade expressed in thirtieths.
The written test involves the translation from Hindi into Italian of a known or unfamiliar text (the choice will be made on the basis of the reading programme carried out during the year), the request to answer a number of questions in Hindi on the content of the text, the production of a short summary of the text itself and, finally, the drafting of a short text on one of the topics covered by the teaching programme. The ability to elaborate different types of written text, the assimilation of the syntactic and grammatical structures covered by the syllabus, the acquisition of a secure and effective method of translation and the mastery of a sufficiently wide lexical repertoire will therefore be assessed. The use of Hindi-Italian or Hindi-English vocabulary is not permitted, but a monolingual dictionary will be made available to students. Candidates will have five hours to complete the written test. Each part of the written test corresponds to a mark and an indication of how it will be calculated.
The oral examination builds on the results of the written examination with a possible request to correct and rectify errors made there. The test will continue with a dialogue led by the lecturer on one of the topics dealt with in the examination programme or, for students attending, during practice hours. The test will assess the candidate's expressive abilities, ability to understand oral communications and to interact effectively in a conversation with a native speaker.
Written examinations given in previous years will be made available to students at the beginning of the first semester.
The examination procedures for both the written and oral examinations are the same for attending and non-attending students.
The final mark, expressed in thirtieths, will integrate the results obtained in the two tests.
The written test involves the translation from Hindi into Italian of a known or unfamiliar text (the choice will be made on the basis of the reading programme carried out during the year), the request to answer a number of questions in Hindi on the content of the text, the production of a short summary of the text itself and, finally, the drafting of a short text on one of the topics covered by the teaching programme. The ability to elaborate different types of written text, the assimilation of the syntactic and grammatical structures covered by the syllabus, the acquisition of a secure and effective method of translation and the mastery of a sufficiently wide lexical repertoire will therefore be assessed. The use of Hindi-Italian or Hindi-English vocabulary is not permitted, but a monolingual dictionary will be made available to students. Candidates will have five hours to complete the written test. Each part of the written test corresponds to a mark and an indication of how it will be calculated.
The oral examination builds on the results of the written examination with a possible request to correct and rectify errors made there. The test will continue with a dialogue led by the lecturer on one of the topics dealt with in the examination programme or, for students attending, during practice hours. The test will assess the candidate's expressive abilities, ability to understand oral communications and to interact effectively in a conversation with a native speaker.
Written examinations given in previous years will be made available to students at the beginning of the first semester.
The examination procedures for both the written and oral examinations are the same for attending and non-attending students.
The final mark, expressed in thirtieths, will integrate the results obtained in the two tests.
L-OR/19 - MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Angelillo Maria Del Carmelo, Staurengo Silvia
Professor(s)