Northern Virginia Community College

WELCOME
to the Hindi Language Program at Northern Virginia Community College. 

COURSES
We offer Studies in Basic Spoken Hindi HUM 193- I and II.
At the end of HUM 193- I & II you will find yourself doing all this:

• You will be able to satisfy most travel and accommodation needs and a limited range
  of social demands beyond exchange of skeletal biographic information. Your speaking ability may extend beyond immediate survival needs.
  
  
• Learn to tie a saree (women) and a turban (men).
  
  
• Learn the names of some basic spices and cook some simple Indian dishes.
  
  
• Learn to strike up a conversation with a Hindi speaker--anytime/ anyplace.
  
  
• You will fulfill predictable, simple, personal, and accommodation needs;  you will generally meet courtesy, introduction, and identification requirements; exchange greetings; elicit and provide, for example, predictable and detailed biographical information.
  
  
• You will during the course visit an Indian temple, at least one Indian restaurant and see at least one Hindi movie.
  
  
• You will conduct online chat sessions in Hindi and watch online film/ song clips, other videos and play Hindi games.
  
  
• You will be able to give information about business hours, explain routine procedures in a limited way, and state in a simple manner what actions will be taken.
  
  
• You shall be able to formulate questions, even some complicated question constructions.

REFERENCES
Digital Media Archive created by Dr. Rama

CONTACT
For additional information, please e-mail Dr. Rama Sohonee, rsohonee@gmail.com.