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Spring 2012-2013
* HIN 102 / URD 102   na, npdf

Elementary Hindi and Urdu II

Fauzia Farooqui

This course provides the second semester of training in Hindi and Urdu, allowing students to acquire linguistic skills in culturally authentic contexts. Equal emphasis is placed on both Hindi and Urdu, including writing systems, vocabulary, and culture. Course will focus on using language for genuine communication. Students will be able to read and write both Hindi and Urdu scripts, communicate in social situations, and narrate in all three time frames: past, present and future. Classes are interactive.

Sample reading list:
Joshua Pien and Fauzia Farooqui, Beginning Urdu: A Complete Course
Joshua Pien and Fauzia Farooqui, Beginning Hindi: A Complete Course
See instructor for complete list

Reading/Writing assignments:
Regular homework assignments, including grammar and vocabulary drills; writing, reading, listening and speaking assignments. Additional reading materials provided by instructor.

Requirements/Grading:
Mid Term Exam - 20%
Final Exam - 20%
Quizzes - 20%
Oral Presentation(s) - 10%
Other (See Instructor) - 30%

Prerequisites and Restrictions:
HIN/URD 101 or the equivalent level of proficiency..

Other information:
This is the second course in a four-term sequence that fulfills the university language requirement.

Schedule/Classroom assignment:

Class numberSectionTimeDaysRoomEnrollmentStatus
40939 C01 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm M T W Th   Aaron Burr Hall   209   Enrolled:15 Limit:20