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Colloquial Hindi, 2e

The Complete Course for Beginners, 2nd Edition

By Tej K Bhatia

Published December 27th 2007 by Routledge

Series: Colloquial Series

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Description

This new and extensively revised edition of Colloquial Hindi is easy to use and completely up to date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hindi. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Hindi is:

  • interactive: with lots of new exercises for regular practice
  • clear: including concise grammar notes
  • practical: with useful vocabulary and simplified pronunciation guide
  • complete: including answer key and reference section.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Hindi in a broad range of everyday situations.

This pack contains the book and two sixty minute CDs. Recorded by native speakers, they will help develop your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

Contents

Unit 1: Greetings and Social Etiquette Unit 2: Where are you From? Unit 3: What would you Like? Unit 4: What are your Hobbies? Unit 5: What would you do during the Break? Unit 6: What did you do Yesterday? Unit 7: Can you Speak Hindi? Unit 8: I need to get Cheques Cashed Unit 9: What's Written in a Fortune Cookie? Unit 10: Indian Festivals. Reference Grammar Key to Exercises Dictionary Order. English -Hindi Glossary. Hindi-English Glossary

Author Bio

Tej Bhatia is Professor of Linguistics and Director, South Asian Langs at Syracuse University. His areas of specialism including bilingualism, second language acquisition and the structure and teaching of English and South Asian languages.

These samples are from the audio CD, designed to accompany the paperback, or included in the great value Colloquial Pack.