Hindi for Beginners
Learn Hindi, explore Indian culture, traditions and language in a friendly, interactive atmosphere. Course fee $50 or $155
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Tue 22 Jul
- TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying learners $50.00 incl. GST
- $155.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Tue 22 Jul 19:00 - Tue 22 Jul 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Tue 29 Jul 19:00 - Tue 29 Jul 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 3
Tue 05 Aug 19:00 - Tue 05 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 4
Tue 12 Aug 19:00 - Tue 12 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 5
Tue 19 Aug 19:00 - Tue 19 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 6
Tue 26 Aug 19:00 - Tue 26 Aug 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 7
Tue 02 Sep 19:00 - Tue 02 Sep 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 8
Tue 09 Sep 19:00 - Tue 09 Sep 21:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
Description
Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) course fee subsidy
This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the TEC for:
- NZ citizens;
- Those who hold a residency-class visa;
- Individuals granted refugee status;
- In some cases spouses of NZ citizens and permanent migrants may also qualify - please contact the office to enquire.
Conditions:
- Registrants must be aged 16 years or older.
- Registrants must not be currently enrolled at a secondary school.
- You should attend at least 80% of your classes to qualify for a fee subsidy.
- We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes.
- You must provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status.
If you are unable to meet these conditions, please contact the office to discuss your situation. The subsidised course fee is $50.
About Hindi Beginners
Learn the language and culture of the world's largest democracy. Through a variety of activities - speaking, reading, writing, listening - you will start to communicate in Hindi in everyday situations. Grammatical structures and vocabulary will be practised in a relaxed and enjoyable way. This course will also introduce you to Indian culture and traditions and is suitable for those with little or no previous knowledge of Hindi.
On completion of this course we expect that you will be able to speak some basic Hindi, remember some essential vocab, be starting to learn some simple grammar, have the basics of pronunciation, and have some idea of Indian culture and traditions. The amount of revision undertaken between classes can have a large influence on the final outcome for individuals.
Each week, the course will build upon itself. We ask students to revise material between classes. In addition, a short homework exercise is usually set. We encourage students to also take advantage of free online learning forums to practise Hindi e.g. Rocketlanguages.com.
We have created a blog for tips and tricks on effective Spanish language learning. Most of the ideas contained in the blog are relevant to any language learning, including Hindi.
Testimonials
From August 2017 course with Sushila Sharma:
"Loved Sushila, and the rest of the class was lovely too. Was a fun environment to learn in."
"Enjoyed the relaxed setting and the relevant topics that made it fun to learn Hindi for the first time. Sushila was fantastic. I really enjoyed her class and she made learning Hindi fun."
From May 2015 course:
"It was very educational. It was fun. Learnt so much and more. Sushila was fantastic. Every class was so knowledge filled." "Sushila was faultless. She brought humour into it." "Sushila has extensive knowledge and met the needs of a diverse group (both Fijian Hindi and Indian Hindi). She created a lovely relaxed atmosphere. Great classmates as well!""Amazing fun class. Learnt a lot of Hindi for my upcoming trip. The tutor was fantastic and made it so fun and easy to learn." Angela "I've really enjoyed this class, thank you so much Sushila you are such an awesome teacher - I wish you taught an advanced Hindi class here I would so go!"
"I enjoyed this class very much. The tutor is a very good communicator and very knowledgeable." June 2014
"[The]course was a good overview of hindi, made interesting and entertaining by Sushila (tutor) and class participants. Informal nature combined with formal lesson structure struck right balance. The course 'whetted my appetite' for more." June 2014
"Sushila covered a good variety of simple Hindi beginnings. Devanagari script, colours, days of weeks, numbers, helpful phrases, body parts and interrogatives. Some chances to speak. I enjoyed the course and Sushila is an excellent tutor". Robin R June 2014
"Learnt a lot, especially useful phrases and ability to practise with one another. I'll be dangerous on my India trip now!". Brad B June 2014
