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Dates: Thursdays,
April 3, 10, 17, 24;
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; & June
6, 2008
(Ten Sessions)
Level 1: 6PM -
8:30PM
Note: Level 1 class overlaps
into Level 2,
all for the same price of
one level.
Level
2: 7PM - 8:30PM
Place: 25 West 43rd
Street, 19th Floor, Room B
between
5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Fee:
$200 (Non-Member)
| $100
(Member)
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to learn
how to become a member.
Please make checks
payable to: QCAF-AAARI
Hindi is a language
spoken all over India in
varying degrees and
extensively in northern
and central India, is
one of the 22 official
languages of India and
is also used for central
government
administrative purposes
, along with English. It
is part of a language
continuum of the Indic
family, bounded on the
northwest and west by
Punjabi, Sindhi, and
Gujarati; on the south
by Marathi and Konkani;
on the southeast by
Oriya; on the east by
Bengali; and on the
north by Nepali.
According to the 1991
census of India, Hindi
is the mother tongue of
about 487 million
Indians, or about 40% of
India's population that
year. According to SIL
International's
Ethnologue, about 180
million people in India
regard standard (Khari
Boli) Hindi as their
mother tongue, and
another 300 million use
it as a second language.
This course is designed
for beginners, to
introduce basic Hindi in
a cultural context.
Hindi alphabets,
pronunciation,
vocabulary, and basic
rules of grammar are
presented. Exercises and
activities are conceived
to develop oral and
written skills.
If you are interested in
learning Hindi, come
and join us!
Texbook:
Teach yourself Hindi
Conversation By Rupert
Snell
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Instructor
Biography
Sarita Mehta
is an Assistant
Professor in the
Department of
Foreign
Languages at The
City College of
New York/CUNY.
Dr. Mehta
received her
Ph.D. and
Masters degree
in Education
from Punjab
University, in
Chandigarh,
India, and a
Masters degree
in Fine Arts
from Punjabi
University, in
Patiala, India.
Dr. Mehta is the
author of Aao
Hindi Sikhen
(Let Us Learn
Hindi), a
pictorial book
used for
teaching Hindi
in the English
language,
designed
specifically for
new learners and
used as a
guideline for
teachers.
Prior to joining
the faculty at
City College,
Dr. Mehta taught
Hindi at New
York
University’s
School of
Continuing and
Professional
Studies. She
also currently
teaches Hindi at
the Satya Naryan
Mandir Sunday
school, and at
the Vidya Dham,
in Elmhurst,
Queens.
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