THIRD SEMESTER HINDI
Proficiency at the intermediate level in listening, speaking, reading and writing, using communicative approaches. Students with prior experience in the language are required to take a placement test administered by the department. Not open to students with credit for LCA LANG 453 prior to Fall 2019.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ASIALANG 134 or placement into ASIALANG 233 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 3rd semester language Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain reactions and opinions in simple Hindi binary sentences, ask questions for basic tasks like shopping, travel bookings and transactional conversations with increased proficiency. offer reasons for cause-effect situations. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Write in Hindi with a wider vocabulary and longer sentences of two or more clauses. write emails with at least one to two short paragraphs, a travel itinerary, a social media post or series of tweets. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize a story or news article in Hindi writing. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Comprehend simple, short paragraph-length Hindi speech in a range of basic personal and social contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify the difference between literal and metaphorical uses, and interpret the speaker’s intent even if they can’t fully translate it. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Read fluently to identify some of the major cultural names in Hindi films and tropes in children’s stories and be able to recognize which tense/time a story is placed in, who the major characters are and what the overall theme and plot are. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain reactions and opinions in simple Hindi binary sentences, ask questions for basic tasks like shopping, travel bookings and transactional conversations with increased proficiency. offer reasons for cause-effect situations. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Write in Hindi with a wider vocabulary and longer sentences of two or more clauses. write emails with at least one to two short paragraphs, a travel itinerary, a social media post or series of tweets. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize a story or news article in Hindi writing. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Comprehend simple, short paragraph-length Hindi speech in a range of basic personal and social contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify the difference between literal and metaphorical uses, and interpret the speaker’s intent even if they can’t fully translate it. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Read fluently to identify some of the major cultural names in Hindi films and tropes in children’s stories and be able to recognize which tense/time a story is placed in, who the major characters are and what the overall theme and plot are. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027