Continuation of the first semester. Graded exercises and reading for mastery of grammatical structures and essential vocabulary. Composing short dialogues from the students' own environment. Reading, writing, and conversational skills are sharpened. Focuses on reading such literature as mythology, folklore, and modern short stories and poetry, including several examples from Urdu literature.
Students compose and perform their own dialogues based on the material read.
Promotes rapid reading skills and building vocabulary. Study of grammar is based on Hindi reading materials and includes regular grammar drills. Students sharpen composition skills by retelling stories from the reading material orally and in writing. Historical and critical-analytic survey of the major intellectual traditions of the cultures and civilizations of India. Attention to early philosophizing and the emergence of the classical schools in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions.