Hindi Language Courses
Learn Hindi at Sydney University with Hindi courses and classes for absolute beginners and beyond. Our courses teach Hindi-Urdu, which is also commonly known as Hindustani, an official language of India and spoken by over 40% of the population. It is a beautiful language which draws on the extremely rich and poetic vocabulary of such languages as Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic, not to mention such European languages as English and Portuguese. The program will focus on the modern standardised lingua franca of the Hindi-Urdu regions of North and Central India as well as the Devanagari writing system.
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Hindi 102 (Level 1)
This course is a continuation of the material covered in the beginners course and is suitable for those who have completed Hindi 101 or who have completed 20 hours of recent face to face tuition. Course material will develop your ability to express yourself and how you feel, make comparisons, convey ownership and discuss daily activities. Your grammatical skills will be enhanced through learning the past tense and more complex use of pronouns while continually developing your speaki...
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Hindi 103 (Level 2)
This course is the third part of the first year Hindi program and is suitable for those who have completed all levels up to 102 or have completed 45 hours of recent face to face tuition. Hindi 103 focuses on increasing your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills by covering detailed verb and noun use and future tense expression. Your vocabulary will be improved as the course covers how to express ownership and possession, assumptions, doubts and how to make suggestions. Cou...
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Hindi 101 (Beginners)
Hindi-Urdu, also known as Hindustani, is the official language of India and is spoken by over 490 million people world-wide. Hindi 101 is a beginners level course and no prior knowledge of the language is required. In this course you will learn basic social greetings, manners and how to describe yourself. You will also be introduced to the Devanagari syllabary and vocal inflexions used in the language. Simple grammatical concepts, such as adjective, noun and verb use, will be introd...
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Hindi 104 (Level 3)
This course is this final stage of the first year program and is suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 103 or who have completed 70 hours of recent face to face tuition. Hindi 104 will consolidate the previous terms material to further develop competency in reading, writing, listening and speaking. New grammatical material will introduce how to express actions of the past and the use of nuances in verb actions. You will also continue to learn other skills s...
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Hindi 201 (Level 4)
Suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 104 or who have completed 95 hours of recent face to face tuition. Course Content Prescribed Text Teach yourself Hindi New Edition OR Teach yourself Hindi CD Pack This course is based on the above text. The text is used for class activities and forms the basis for consolidation and practice between meetings. The text should be purchased only after confirmation is received from the Centre that the course is going ahead. ...
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Hindi 202 (Level 5)
Suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 201 or who have completed 120 hours of recent face to face tuition. Course Content Content to be confirmed in class. Prescribed Text Text to be confirmed in class.
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Hindi 203 (Level 6)
Suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 202 or who have completed 145 hours of recent face to face tuition. Course Content Content to be confirmed in class. Prescribed Text Text to be confirmed in class.
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Hindi 204 (Level 7)
This course is the final stage of the second year Hindi program and is suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 203 or who have completed 170 hours of recent face to face tuition. You will examine a variety of texts, such as Hindi poems and short stories, to further your grammatical and vocabulary skills. Hindi 204 will also prepare you for more advanced study of the language. Course Content Lessons 15 – 17 of the recommended text Applied grammar of constructs...
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Hindi 301 (Level 8)
Suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 204 or who have completed 195 hours of recent face to face tuition.
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Hindi 302 (Level 9)
Suitable for those who have completed all levels of Hindi up to 301 or who have completed 220 hours of recent face to face tuition.
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