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Mentored Hindi courses emphasize speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. The courses require seven to ten hours per week of independent study, a weekly one-hour conversation session, and a weekly thirty-minute individual tutorial with a the Hindi mentor. The mentored courses are based on course plan study guides created with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The course guides and syllabi for Elementary Hindi are online on the Five College Center for the Study of World Language's LangMedia website.
Urdu courses emphasize speaking and listening skills. They require seven to ten hours per week of independent study and a small group, one and a half hour weekly, conversation and script practice session with a native speaker of Urdu. Registration for Urdu is through the Five College Supervised Independent Language Program
In terms of the basic spoken language, Hindi and Urdu are very similar. They are written in very different scripts and at the level of more formal and literary language have significant differences in vocabulary. Students who are learning one of the languages may benefit by also learning the other.
These courses are each worth either 2.0 or 1.5 credits at UMass. Transfer credit at the colleges varies, but is generally: Amherst College – ½ course; Hampshire – credit; Mount Holyoke – 2 credits and at the elementary level two courses or the equivalent are required to receive credit; Smith – 2 credits and at the elementary level two courses or the equivalent are required to receive credit.
Registration in these courses requires a special application process. See How to Register for details. The pre-registration deadline for Fall 2008 is Friday, April 18th, 2008. Applications will continue to be reviewed, as long as space is available, until September 5, 2008. Placement request deadline for students with prior experience with the language is April 18th, 2008. To contact the Center, e-mail fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu or call 413-545-3453.
Desginated conversation session times and the time blocks within which tutorials will be scheduled are given below for some courses. Students will be assigned specific tutorial times within the time blocks reserved based on schedule information provided by the registration deadline. "To be arranged" indcates that the schedule will be determined at the beginning of the semester based on the schedules of enrolled students and the mentor assigned to the course.
Students will be given preference in tutorial times and locations based on order of application and registration. Enrolled students must provide the mentored program staff with up-to-date schedule information by the course registration deadline. Students who make changes in their schedules after that date will have to take whatever time slots and locations are still available.
Beginning course, no prerequisites. Independent study combined with weekly small group conversation sessions and individual tutorials with one of the Five College Hindi mentors. Emphasis on developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Final grade based on weekly homework and conversation session preparation, an end of semester writing skills assessment, and a final oral exam.
Conversation sessions: Fridays 3:45-5:00 pm at Hampshire College
Tutorial time slots:
Wednesdays at UMass 3:50-5:50 pm
Thursdays at Mount Holyoke College 2:40-4:10 pm
Thursdays at Hampshire College 5:15-7:45 pm
Prerequisite is Mentored Hindi I or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions: Fridays 2:45-3:45 pm at Hampshire College
Tutorial time slots:
Wednesdays at UMass 3:50-5:50 pm
Thursdays at Mount Holyoke College 2:40-4:10 pm
Thursdays at Hampshire College 5:15-7:45 pm
Prerequisite is Mentored Hindi II or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions: Fridays 1:45-3:45 pm at Hampshire College
Tutorial time slots:
Wednesdays at UMass 3:50-5:50 pm
Thursdays at Mount Holyoke College 2:40-4:10 pm
Thursdays at Hampshire College 5:15-7:45 pm
Prerequisite is Mentored Hindi III or the equivalent.
Conversation sessions and tutorials to be arranged
Prerequisite is Mentored Hindi IV or the equivalent. Emphasis on speaking and listening comprehension skills.
Conversation sessions and tutorials to be arranged
Prerequisite is Mentored Hindi V or the equivalent. Emphasis on speaking and listening comprehension skills.
Conversation sessions and tutorials to be arranged
An individualized Hindi grammar review for students who have studied Hindi in a program other than the Five College Mentored Language Program. Prerequisite: Prior study of Hindi at the elementary or intermediate level.
One hour individual tutorial sessions; no conversation sessions.
This course stresses acquisition of conversational skills and cultural knowledge using Hindi films as the primary resource. Prerequisite: Completion of the equivalent of Mentored Hindi VI. This course may be repeated for credit when the content varies.
Conversation sessions to be arranged; no tutorials.
Five College Supervised Independent Language Program
Five College Mentored Language Courses
Language and International Opportunities Web
LangMedia: The Five College Foreign Language Media Archive
Five College International and Regional Studies
Five College Language Departments
Language Resources on the Web
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