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Dates: Thursdays,
October 2, 9, 16, 23;
November 6, 13, 20; December
4, 11, 18, 2008;
January 8, 15, 22, 29;
February 5, 19, 26;
March 5, 12 & 19, 2009
(Twenty Sessions)
Time: 6PM - 8PM
Place: 25 West 43rd
Street, 10th Floor
between
5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Fee:
$400 (Non-Member)
| $250
(Member)
Click Here
to learn
how to become a member.
Please make checks
payable to: QCAF-AAARI
To ensure
registration, payment
must be
received by September
26, 2008
Now you can talk to
millions of people in
the world! Hindi is the
second most widely
spoken language in the
world. It is declared
as the national language
of world’s largest
democracy, India . Hindi
is also spoken in
Bangladesh, Belize,
Botswana, Canada,
Germany, Guyana, Kenya,
Nepal, New Zealand,
Philippines, Singapore,
South Africa, Suriname,
Trinidad, Africa,
Uganda, United Arab
Emirates, United
Kingdom, the United
States of American,
Yemen, and Zambia..
Hindi is closely related
to Urdu, the main
language of Pakistan,
which is written with
the Arabic script.
Hindi is a direct
descendant of Sanskrit
and is written in
DEVANAGARI script. Hindi
is a very easy to read
language, since all is
read as it's written .
It has been influenced
and enriched by
Dravidian, Turkish,
Farsi, Arabic,
Portuguese and English.
It is a very expressive
language. In poetry and
songs, it can convey
emotions using simple
and gentle words. It can
also be used for exact
and rational reasoning.
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!
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Instructor
Biography
Sarita Mehta,
Ph.D., has three
Master degrees,
and more than
twenty-five
years of college
level teaching
experience at
various
prestigious
institutions in
India and New
York. Dr. Mehta
is a poetess and
author of the
book "Aao Hindi
Sikhen: Learn
Hindi Through
the Medium of
English." She
received
an award for the
"Global
Promotion of
Indian Heritage
and Culture
Through Hindi,"
as well as other
accolades in the
field of Poetry
and Writing. She
recently
completed the
STARTALK Teacher
Training Program
at New York
University. |
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