Vocabulary quiz 6
Vocabulary quiz 6: about 15 Hindi words with English meanings and simple Hindi definitions, such as adhikar, pratirodh, sankalp, pradushan and abhiyan.
Category: Hindi Listening
Hindi 305 service-learning
Hindi 305 service-learning speaking prompts on Dalit literature, Adivasi literature and cricket, each question in Hindi with an English translation.
Service learning 407
Service learning 407 conversation questions in Hindi with English translations on Dalit literature, Adivasi literature and women, cricket, and fun questions.
NGO meeting (Hindi 406)
Hindi 406 discussion questions for an NGO/DYAF youth meeting: Partition, the film Earth, Adivasi communities and youth work, in Hindi with English.
जब वर्षा शुरू होती है – केदारनाथ सिंह
When the rains begin, pigeons stop flying and nothing happens anywhere except the rain. Kedarnath Singh’s ‘Jab Varsha Shuru Hoti Hai’ with English translation.
बिट्टू की कहानी
A 21-year-old sets out to clean a dying river on his own. Can one person do it? Bittu Tabahi and the Ajnar river, in simple Hindi with glossary and questions.
Haiku writing
Writing task: compose five haiku in Hindi, following the guidelines in the linked slide deck and the screenshot of haiku rules.
Role-play/speaking test- Photo
Speaking test: photograph a spot on the Duke campus and prepare five Hindi sentences describing it, with a Duke Gardens example in English and Hindi.
Role-play 2 Aadivasi
Role-play 2 discussion prompts on Adivasi literature: attitudes to marriage, critique of urban life, nature and humans, cultural traits and the ideal person.
उतनी दूर मत ब्याहना- निर्मला पुतुल
Don’t marry me so far away that you must sell your goats to visit, a daughter tells her father. Nirmala Putul’s ‘Utni Door Mat Byahna’, with discussion questions.