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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Hindi (La Trobe)

920-130/132 Hindi 2A/3A (Summer Intensive in India)

Credit Points:

33.3 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Ms Sudha Joshi

Prerequisite/s:

Hindi 2A requires an H3 or better pass in Hindi 1, or Coordinator's approval; Hindi 3A needs a pass in Hindi 2B or Coordinator's approval.

Timetable:

Summer semester

Contact:

Six-weeks in India of five 3-hour lectures and five 1-hour practical classes per week

Content:

This subject is taught intensively by a La Trobe University staff member over six weeks during January and February in a Hindi speaking town in India. It is a consolidation of the language skills learned at first year level. Students are responsible for their own expenses.

Assessment:

One 2000-word essay in Hindi (40%), six 15-minute oral reports (20%) and one 3-hour examination (40%). In addition, students in Hindi 3A are required to give an oral report on a novel to be read in the class. The essay is due after returning to Australia and the final examination will be sat shortly after that.

Prescribed Texts:

Hindi 3A - set novel for assessment. Further texts will be supplied in India.

  • Kachru Y and Pandharipande R, Intermediate Hindi, (2 vols.), Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi 1983.

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