August 2011
Topic-Specific Language: Environment 2 – Saving Water
Dr. Shankar continues our exploration of Hindi in environmental contexts with this look at water conservation. The presentation begins with some questions which guide you through a subsequent tour of newspaper and advertisement clippings. The presentation concludes with some comprehension questions. You can view the presentation online, or download it as PDF or a Powerpoint presentation.
HUF students begin new year
HUF faculty and staff welcomed new and returning HUF students with a reception and orientation session on Tuesday, August 23 in the Hindi Urdu Resource Center. After students greeted their peers and welcomed our returning overseas cohort, HUF Director Rupert Snell introduced new faculty and staff to the community and talked briefly about plans and expectations for the coming academic year.
Topic-Specific Language: Environment 1 – World Environment Day
We begin an in-depth look at how Hindi is used to discuss environmental concerns with this look at World Environment Day in India. The presentation begins with some questions which guide you through a subsequent tour of newspaper and advertisement clippings. The presentation concludes with some comprehension questions. You can view the presentation online, or download… Read More
Open house for prospective students
Interested in study abroad in India? Want to learn a critical language that will complement your current major and enhance your professional career? The Hindi Urdu Flagship is hosting an open house for interested undergraduate UT students this Friday, August 26 from 12pm to 4pm.
Grammar: Conditional Sentences
Dr. Shankar returns to grammatical concerns with this explanation of conditional sentences in Hindi. The presentation includes many examples from Hindi newspapers and advertisements. Two Bollywood songs featuring conditional sentences in their titles are sprinkled in to the mix. You can view the presentation online, or download it as PDF or a Powerpoint presentation.
Topic-Specific Language: Health 4 – First Aid
Our four-part exploration of the language of health concludes with this look at first-aid Hindi. The presentation begins with some questions that guide the viewer through a series of government-sponsored health education notices and instructions. The presentation concludes with some comprehension questions. You can view the presentation online, or download it as PDF or a Powerpoint presentation.
HUF to host teacher training workshop
At the beginning of each year, the Hindi Urdu Flagship holds a workshop on teaching South Asian Languages to undergraduate students. The primary purpose of this workshop is to train our new TAs, but it also provides an excellent opportunity for a general exchange of views on language teaching, and we encourage anyone involved in South Asian language teaching at UT to attend. The schedule includes a useful session on the use of Blackboard (the full schedule is listed below). The workshop will be held on Monday, August 22nd from 2-5pm in the Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118).
Topic-Specific Language: Health 3 – Polio Prevention
Dr. Shankar’s look at the language of health gets really interesting as he breaks down a polio prevention television message staring a visibly upset Amitabh Bachchan and a slightly nervous Shah Rukh Khan! We view the video as a whole and then examine the dialogue sentence-by-sentence. Great, engaging practice for beginners! You can view the presentation online, or download… Read More