In this course students can further develop their listening and reading comprehension skills and oral and written communication skills. Students can learn how stress and intonation are used in Hindi to emphasis and clarify what is being said. There will be opportunities to learn a range of basic structures, including all the main tenses, which allow learners to understand and speak about a range of situations related to their own everyday life. Contexts covered include, talking about likes and dislikes, pass times and occupations, days of the week, telling time, and topics such as talking about the weather. Studying in this course will also allow you to appreciate issues such as the cultural importance of family relationships.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge at an Introductory level of Hindi to:
1. Recognise and appropriately employ patterns of stress and emphasis in Hindi speech.
2. Read and write Hindi with a correct understanding of word formation and an ability to write compound words and verb formations.
3. Use an active vocabulary of around 1000 items and a passive vocabulary of 1500 items.
4. 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.
5. Communicate in contexts such as the everyday lives of students and Hindi speakers.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of how Indian cultures and traditions influence communication.
Other Information
Proficiency equivalent: CEFR A1+
All students with previous 'language experience or exposure' are required to take a language placement test to determine their language proficiency in order to ensure enrolment into the language course at the most appropriate level.
The Course Convenor, in consultation with the Language Convenor will move students into an appropriate level course if students are deemed to be of a different proficiency level. Students are also encouraged to consult their course convenors immediately upon if they find that their proficiency level differs from that expected by the course.
As language courses are
sequential, this may mean that students can only commence their language course
in the following semester.
This is a co-taught course. Any cap on enrolments in one
course applies to both courses combined.
Indicative Assessment
1. Participation 10% (Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)2. Four quizzes 10% (1, 2, 3, 4)
3. Homework 30% (1, 2, 3, 4)
4. Mid term oral - 5 minutes 10% (1, 2, 4, 5)
5. Mid term test - 90 minutes 15% (1, 2, 4, 5)
6. Final oral - 5 minutes 10% (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
7. Final test - 90 minutes 15% (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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Workload
Five contact hours per week
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Teaching materials will be provided via Wattle
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $2820 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $4320 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus | ||||||
| 7838 | 23 Jul 2018 | 30 Jul 2018 | 31 Aug 2018 | 26 Oct 2018 | In Person | N/A |
| ANU Online | ||||||
| 9206 | 23 Jul 2018 | 30 Jul 2018 | 31 Aug 2018 | 26 Oct 2018 | Online | N/A |
| OUA Online | ||||||
| 10237 | 23 Jul 2018 | 30 Jul 2018 | 31 Aug 2018 | 26 Oct 2018 | Online | N/A |
