कहानी लेखन: आप्रवास (Immigration)
Hindi story-writing assignment on immigration: a set opening line, about 1000 words, 4-5 characters, suggested themes and a show-don’t-tell example.
Category: Role Play
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.
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 – Partition Identity, belonging, diversity, memory, and human experience
Partition interview role-play: one student is a journalist, the other a historical figure or ordinary person; role list, instructions and expectations for advanced Hindi.
Role-Play: Should Dalit Literature Be Included in School Curriculum? (Advanced)
Advanced role-play in Hindi: a principal asks the education minister to add Dalit literature to the school curriculum, with questions, vocabulary, phrases and rubric.
Role-play- Finding Your Lost Friend at the Mela
Role-play on finding a lost friend at a mela, with a model dialogue at the volunteer lost-and-found office, a task to write your own, and a performance checklist.
Role-Play: Asking for Directions and Long Chatting – दिमाग़ का दही
Listening role-play with audio and comprehension questions: a tourist asks a local for directions to Hansraj College, plus the idiom ‘dimaag ka dahi’ explained.
Role-play- Bargaining for a Dupatta: A Role-Play in an Indian Cloth Market
Elementary listening role-play with audio about bargaining for a cotton dupatta in a cloth market, with price vocabulary and comprehension questions.
Role-play 3 – घर पर खाने का निमंत्रण (invitation to Home for Food)
Role-play 3: a Hindi dialogue where Ravi invites Ajay home for poha and chai, with a writing prompt on hosting, polite refusals and insisting, and a grading rubric.
Role-Play: Doctor and Patient
Two doctor-patient role-play dialogues with English glosses, a Hindi hospital form, symptom and treatment vocabulary, props, and a task to write your own.