Hindi 1020 - Beginning Hindi II
Spring 2007
Instructor:
Christine Everaert (Christine.Everaert@colorado.edu; office: Eaton Humanities 225
Office Hours: Monday 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. or by appointment
Classes:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. - CHEM 133. There are 5 classes a week, every day one fifty-minute class
Course description and objectives:
Translation of texts at home, in which you have to deal with increasingly difficult grammatical and syntactic structures; Hindi texts with already acquired and new vocabulary and grammatical structures will be used.
The Hindi texts deal with different subjects, which provide the base for the translation exercises from English to Hindi and for the conversational classes. The translation exercises are inspired by the topics and grammatical elements and structures in the Hindi texts. Not only do those exercises enlarge your vocabulary but also help you to master the grammar and form your own sentences. Role-plays will deal with increasingly complex situations and conversations like shopping at a typical Indian market or order food in an Indian restaurant, etc.
The importance of conversation will become more significant in the second semester. Pronunciation, understanding and further acquiring of the grammar are the majors. Listening and writing skills will be improved by means of audio material and dictations.
Goals: By the end of the Hindi 1020 course, in theory you will master about seventy percent of the Hindi morpho-syntactic grammar i.e. declension of nouns and adjectives, elementary syntactic structures and forming the main verb tenses (Continuous Present/Past, Future, Subjunctive and Perfect and a part of the auxiliary verbs). Some of these grammatical structures however have a very complex usage, which you will study and practice further in the next levels of Hindi. At the end of Hindi 1020, you will have collected a basic vocabulary of around one thousand five hundred words. You will be able to understand and participate in basic conversations that will enable you to engage in simple social conversations and manage to provide in basic needs if you were to go to
Required materials:
McGREGOR, R.S. 1995. Outline of Hindi Grammar, Third Edition Revised and Enlarged.
McGREGOR, R.S. 1997. The
OR
PARIKH, S.S. & Plukker, D.F. 1996. Hindi - Transliterated Hindi - English Dictionary.
Class attendance and preparations :
Class attendance is mandatory. You must prepare for every class. If you come to class without preparations, you will be allowed to attend the class, but you will not be allowed to participate actively. Preparations will be corrected collectively in class and all the grammatical elements that occur in those sentences will be analyzed and explained further.
Unexcused absence or coming to class without preparation will not be penalized up to three times; however, each further unexcused absence or unprepared attendance will result in a loss of 3% of the final grade. More than six absences or unprepared attendances per year will result in failing the course.
Notes will be handed out to you, but it is advisable that you take notes yourself as well.
Grading and evaluation:
- Exams: 35%
- Class participation and preparation: 15%
- Assignments and papers: 15%
- Conversational classes: 15%
- Tests: 20%
Assignments and exam policy:
Any assignment should be handed in on the due date. Handing in one calendar day late will result in loss of 2% of the grade; assignments more than one day late will not be accepted and as a consequence, you will not be credited for that assignment.
In case of attested illness on the day the assignment was set, you should come to see me as soon as you get back to class. You will be given the full number of days to complete the assignment, counted from the day you received the assignment. In case of unexcused absence, you are expected to hand in the assignment without delay on the due date.
Personal improvement and effort made during the semester will also be taken into consideration for and will be reflected in your final grade.
As Hindi is a modern language, there will be a written and oral examination, because both writing-skills and skills in reading/pronunciation (and to a lesser extent, conversation) have to be evaluated. No make-up exams will be given, other than in exceptional circumstances. If absence from the exam is unavoidable, you should inform me at the earliest opportunity.
Individual accommodations:
If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner. For further information, please consult the website http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices/ or contact 303-492-8671, Willard 322.
Problems and questions:
Classes are highly interactive: you will be able and encouraged to ask any questions you want to ask. Often, if a question or problem arises, you will not be the only one in class with this question. You can benefit from each other’s questions. However, if you do encounter problems which cannot be dealt with in class, do not hesitate to visit us during office hours or contact us by e-mail.
