Hindustani: Learners and Teachers Window (Zoom in Urdu)
The course comprises of the following.
1. Developing Reading and Writing Skills:
a. Oral Exercises: Sound identification is an ongoing process during the whole course. Exposures are given with a view to conceptualize and master the native sounds of Hindustani. A Hindustani Sounds Chart (HSC) has been prepared. The HSC is introduced (with an emphasis on etymologically speaking Perso-arabic sounds) to learners in the beginning of the course. Frequent exposures of sounds follow throughout the course.
b. Written Exercises: Scripts identification is the identification of Perso-arabic script and the different shapes of characters isolated and in continuous script.
c. Lexical Flavor: Close System Items and Open Class Items (learners are initially exposed to Close System Items more and then Open Class Items with the Urdu flavor of Hindustani). The priority of exposure is decided on the ground of the frequency of occurrences of the items in speaking, writing and in daily life situations.)
d. Phrase and Sentence Formation: Some basic and necessary information regarding the structure of phrases (the phrasal flavor) and sentences (including both lexical and phrasal flavors).
2. Text and Context:
Reading and Writing Texts: Poetry and Prose (P2) reading, comprehension and creative writing exercises (the exercises are based on the source and target texts and contexts.). P2 is selected primarily on the ground of simplicity, transparency and levels of the course. P2 creates contexts which help learners not only in internalizing rules or grammar of the target language but also in developing a feel of the literature of the target language.
3. Conversation with Desirable Fluency:
a. Exposures of common expressions (e.g., Greetings, Meeting, Parting, Making Inquiries, Request, Expressions to initiate dialogues and other common expressions).
b. Learners centered and contextually reach conversational sessions.
c. Motivating and facilitating the learners to face all those situations which should be helpful in the understanding of society, culture, tradition, modernity and of course the associated silence where communication in target language at times brings communication-breakdown and at times brings miracle.
