Numbering Code	U-LET49 29660 LJ48	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Tue.3
Instructor name	NISHIOKA MIKI (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This intermediate course aims to improve Hindi comprehension skills and communication skills for academic and daily life. The student uses various kinds of reading materials: short stories, newspapers, academic texts, Hindi poetry (mainly Hindi film songs). Audiovisual materials such as films, TV dramas, news, etc. will be used to develop communication skills as well as the comprehension ones.
Course Goals	This course will enable participants to: 1. Improve their ability to read complex passages and texts. 2. Develop listening comprehension skills for academic and daily life. 3. Express their ideas more clearly, concretely and confidently. 4. Improve composition skills further with practice in using simple and complex sentences.
Schedule and Contents	The course schedule is as follows. Week: 1- 5 (Modern Hindi short stories and Hindi film songs) Week: 6-10 (Newspapers and news) Week: 11-15 (Hindi films and TV dramas: Ramayana, Vishnu Purana, Katha Sagar, etc.) Note: The schedule and course content may change in accordance with the students' level of comprehension. Feedback will be provided at the end of each unit.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	The course will be graded based on class participation (40%) and final examination (60%).
Course Requirements	1. Students are expected to attend class regularly. 2. Students should have mastered all of the primary Hindi grammar equivalent to Lesson 1 to Lesson 15 of the "Learning Hindi- Basic Sentence Patterns" at the URL below.) 3. Every year, the beginner's Hindi class ends around lesson 11 out of the total 20 lessons, but this class will not supplement the beginner's grammar that has not been learned, so keep that in mind when taking this class.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Pre-class preparation is essential for class participation. Reading the material BEFORE the class ensures that you are familiar with the content. In addition, every participant is expected to listen to internet radio news or to watch TV programs and movies in Hindi for listening practice actively. It is strongly recommended that participants use the above-mentioned applications as a feedback tool outside the class.
Related URL	Hindi Aacharya Indian Stories For Kids Gyan Manthan Doordarshan National ABP NEWS NDTV （New Delhi Television Limited） Aaj Tak Jansatta (a Hindi newspaper) Nav Bharat Times (a Hindi newspaper) Dainik Jaagaran (a Hindi newspaper) Nishioka Miki, Handbook of Modern Hindi Grammar: For Primary and Pre-intermediate Levels (in Japanese) FLIPGRID BookWidgets