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Overseas programme Immersion programme Field trips Why learn Hindi? More than half a billion speakers Lingua franca in North India Colourful world of Bollywood Melodious film songs Inside look into the lively Indian culture a lot more ... Elementary: Hindi 1 and Hindi 2 Intermediate: Hindi 3 and Hindi 4 Celebrating Indian festivals Screening of Hindi films Dress up in Indian style What we offer? Besides classroom! In-country perience! CENtrE FOr LaNguagE StuDIES CLS HINDI

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Page 1: Why learn Hindi? - NUS• Overseas programme • Immersion programme • Field trips Why learn Hindi? • More than half a billion speakers • Lingua franca in North India • Colourful

•Overseasprogramme•Immersionprogramme•Fieldtrips

Why learn Hindi?• Morethanhalfabillionspeakers• LinguafrancainNorthIndia• ColourfulworldofBollywood• Melodiousfilmsongs• InsidelookintothelivelyIndianculture alotmore...

• Elementary:Hindi1andHindi2• Intermediate:Hindi3andHindi4

• CelebratingIndianfestivals• ScreeningofHindifilms• DressupinIndianstyle

What we offer?

Besides classroom!

In-country experience!

CENtrEFOrLaNguagEStuDIES CLS HINDI

Page 2: Why learn Hindi? - NUS• Overseas programme • Immersion programme • Field trips Why learn Hindi? • More than half a billion speakers • Lingua franca in North India • Colourful

CENtrEFOrLaNguagEStuDIESCLSHINDI

More about us

Structure of the Language ProgrammetheHindiprogrammeconsistscurrentlyoffourmodules:

ElementaryLevel: Hindi1andHindi2 IntermediateLevel: Hindi3andHindi4

Onceestablished,theimmersionprogrammeisexpectedtoincludeanintensivelanguagecourse,andeducationalandculturalactivitiesinIndia.

therearenospecialentryrequirementsfortheHindilanguagemodules.thepre-requisiteforhigherlevelHindimodulesisapassinonelevellowerHindimodule.Studentswhohavepreviouslyacquiredknowledgeofthelanguagebutdonotfulfilltheformalpre-requisitesmayqualifythroughtheplacementtests.

Forenquiries,pleasecontact:DrSunilKumarBhatt(Convenor) [email protected] [email protected]

Entry Requirements

IfyouareinterestedinIndia,thenyoushouldthinkaboutlearningHindi.HindiisthelinguafrancaofnorthIndiaandisthebiggestlanguageinSouthasia.Itisspokenbyaroundhalfabillionspeakers.theknowledgeofHindicantakestudentsdeeperintosocietywiththousoundsofyear-oldcultureandletthemhavefirsthandexperienceofmysteriouslandwithexoticflavoursandstaggeringlandscapes.LearningHindiisalsooneofthebestwaystogettogripswithunderstandingIndianpopularcultureandBollywoodcinema;theworldofcolourfulsongsanddances,andmelodramaticstories.

Intheincreasinglyglobalisedworld,Indiaistakingcentrestageinglobaleconomy.theknowledgeofHindicangiveanextracompetitiveedgeinthefuturejobmarket.

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