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COURSE IN HINDI AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGNERS

MGAHV: A unique and alternative Institution

It has been the ardent desire of the national leaders as well as the Hindi well-wishers that Hindi being an important International language should occupy its rightful status at the international forum of United Nations to express the sentiments and feelings of the Indian people. Secondly, they also visualized to set up an International Secretariat for Hindi to coordinate the linguistic communication not only among the people of Indian origin spread over many countries but also in the whole world. There was also vision to establish a Central Hindi University to promote and develop Hindi to its fullest potential as an International Language. This vision was materialized in the year 1997 with the establishment of  Mahatma Gandhi Antarrastriya  Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) at Wardha, Maharastra, the "Karmabhoomi" of Mahatma Gandhi. (It seems the other two visions would also take shape through the MGAHV.)

MGAHV came into existence in the last decade of the second millennium and is poised to start functioning with full vigor and the vitality during the first decade of the new millennium. As a matter of fact, it is at the crossroads. India's knowledge base has to be further strengthened for which innovative alternatives are being thought out. MGAHV is conceived as an alternative institution of Education. It is the outcome of a lateral thinking process using value-engineering techniques to achieve Gemba-kaizen-the continuous effort for the innovation educational techniques and process with the cost effective policies.

The very name Mahatma Gandhi prompts the University to prepare a curriculum that includes studies in Non-violence and Peace, Women Studies, Hindi as an alternative language for technology and business.
Gandhism aims at providing opportunity for personal and social fulfillment in unison. Ethical behaviour, world fraternity and cultural interaction are the basic tenets of Gandhian thoughts. MGAHV 's curriculum and programmes incorporate these components throughout. Therefore, the Gandhian philosophy will amply be reflected in MGAHV's work culture, curriculum and administrative system.

It can be safely said that MGAHV is a unique university which is conceived as universal in knowledge base and international in its spread. It would be mainly residential University, but may have its study centers across the country and abroad too.

The MGAHV positions itself as an International Platform to provide various courses of higher education seeped in Indian ethos and traditions, combined with the modern technologies to achieve its covered goals.

Prof. G.Gopinathan
(Vice-Chancellor)
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The Present

Perspective

Hindi, Gandhism and Internationalism are the focal areas of the MGAHV. keeping in view these areas, four schools of studies have been initiated, namely

  1. School of Language
  2. School of  Literature
  3. School of Culture and
  4. School of Translation & Interpretation

Two More Schools

School of Technology and School of Management have been approved by the Academic Council. These schools have been contemplated to configurate on logic of organic relationship among them.

  1. School of Language
    The following teaching programmes are on-going activities of the school.
    1. M.A. in Hindi  (Language Technology).
    2. M.Phil. in Hindi (Language Technology)
    3. M.Tech  (Language Technology in collaboration with C-DAC Noida)
    4. Ph.D. Programme The programmes for Ph..D. course and one year Dipolma in Hindi as an International Language, 6 months Orientation course in Hindi as an International language and 2 months summer course in Hindi for foreigners and short-term Certificate courses in Indian and foreign languages are being introduced.
  2. School of Literature
    The following courses are on-going in this school:
    1. M.A. in Hindi (Comparative Literature).
    2. M. Phil.. in Hindi (Comparative Literature).
    3. Ph.D. Programme
  3. School of Culture
    1. M.A. in Non-violence and Peace
    2. M.A. in Women's Studies
    3. M.A. in Mass Media and Communication Studies
    4. M.Phil in the above courses (except Mass Media)
    5. Ph.D Programme 
  4. School of Traslation and Interpretation
    The following programmes are on-going activities in this school.
    1. M.A. in Translation Technology
    2. M.Phil in Traslation Technology
    3. Ph.D Programme
    4. Diploma Programme
      1. Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi-Chinese Translation & Interpretation
      2. Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi-Spanish Translation &  Interpretation
      3. Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi-Japanese Translation & Interpretation
      4. Two Year Post Graduate Diploma in Hindi-French Transalation &  Interpretation

The main objective of the above courses is to provide Technological Orientation to translation and to develop studies and research in machine translation in Hindi.

Degree, Diploma, Orientation Course and Summer Course
in Hindi as an International Language for Foreigners

Need/Concerns/Aim

India is a multilingual country where 1652 mother tongues are spoken. The major lingua franca used is Hindi A foreigner while visiting thin multilingual country becomes more worried about communication. If he/she knows that one linuga franca can solve the problem of communication, he/she would like to acquire at least, the functional knowledge of that particular lingua franca. Further, if the foreigner is also interested to know or study about the culture of the country, he/she would have comparatively deeper study of that particular language. The above practical need has led the University to launch suitable Hindi courses mainly for foreigners to impart the functional, literary and cultural ingredients of Hindi.

B.A Hindi Language, Literature & Culture (For Foreign Students)

Duration

Three year (through distance education 6 years):
Each year 32 Credits Total: 96 Credits.

Special Study
  1. The student will get benefit of majoring if he/she obtains 48 Credits in Language, Literature or Culture.
  2. The Student will have the facility to earn more than 96 Credits and
    they will get additional certificate for the additional credits earned.

Course Contents

Total 96 Credits will be divided as follows:

A. Basic Course 16 Credits
B. Language Skill 24 Credits
C. Special Study 48 Credits
D. Applied Course 8 Credit

Total

96 Credits

Detailed Syllabus

Along with the linguistic specialties selected material from Literature, Social Science & Science will be taught

  1. Basic course in Hindi Language:                         8 Credits
  2. Basic Course in Social Science & Sciences:    8 Credits

Language Skill

  1. Script, Spelling & Pronunciation 4 Credits
  2. Developing Spoken Skill 4 Credits
  3. Developing of written Skills & Controlled Writing 8 Credits
  4. For Developing Vocabulary (Through the different lesson on selected 48 Credits topic)

This Course will be in 3 areas of Language, Literature & Culture If the students do not want majoring he/she can select 6 Papers, of 8 Credits each.

Language Literature Culture
  1. Translation & Interpretation
  1. Indian Literature & Culture
  1. Gandhian philosophy
    & non-violence
  1. General Linguistics
  1. Comparative Literature
  1. Buddhist philosophy & Literature
  1. Hindi Language
    Development & Structure
  1. History of Hindi Literature
  1. Vedic:Philosophy & Tradition
  1. Functional Hindi
    (Social Content of Hindi,
    language theory etc.)
  1. Modern Hindi Poetry
  1. Society and Culture in India
    Folk Culture, Art & Literature
  1. Contrastive Linguistics
  1. Modern Hindi Prose
  1. Indian Art-Music, Dance, Sculpture and Architecture, Painting.
  1. Language Teaching:
    Theory & Application
  1. Study of special Author     
    a) Premchand
    b) Tulsids
    c) Prasad
    d) Agneya           
  1. Indian society: History, Contemporary period, Renaissance and Problem

 

Applied Study

Creative Writing or Translation or Production of Teaching materials

Fee Structure 1. Foreign Nationals and NRIs US$-400 yearly
  2. Students of SAARC countries US$-300 yearly
  3. Accommodation & Mess Charges US$-60 per month

 

Degree, Diploma, Orientation Course and Summer Course in Hindi as an International Language for Foreigners

1) Diploma course in Hindi as an International Language

Duration: One year (Intensive) face to face (Sept.to.Aug.)
Place: At Wardha (Maharastra) mainly and at other Centres.
Course Content
Part I SPOKEN AND WRITEN HINDI 8 Credits
  Pronunciation, Script & Spelling
Spoken Skills
Comprehension		 2 Credits
4 Credits
2 Credits
 
Part II APPLIED HINDI GRAMMAR 8 Credits
  Structure of Hindi
Communicative contexts of Hindi
Development of Vocabulary
Syntax and Discourse		 2 Credits
2 Credits
2 Credits
2 Credits
 
Part III ELEMENTS OF INDIAN CULTURE
(Based on Buddhist Philosophy and Gandhian Values) 		8 Credits
 
  1. Definition of Culture as a whole and Indian Composite
    culture in particular and its importance at the universal level.
  2. Aspects of Buddhist Philosophy and values in farming
    the base of the composite culture of India.
  3. Aspects of Gandhian Philosophy and values in framing
    the base of the Indian society in the modern context.
  4. The universal application of Buddhist and Gandhian
    thoughts in the present situation.
 
 
Part IV HINDI LITERATURE 8 Credits
  Origin and Development of Hindi Language
Introduction to Hindi Poetry
Introduction to Hindi Prose
Hindi in the International scene 		2 Credits
4 Credits
2 Credits
2 Credits
Fee Structure
1. Foreign Nationals and NRIs US$-325
2. Students of SAARC countries US$-215
3. Accommodation & Mess Charges US$-60

2) Orientation Course in Hindi as an International Language

Duration: 6 months (Sept. to Feb.)
Place: At Wardha (Maharastra) INDIA
Course Content
Part I FAST LEARNNING OF SPOKEN HINDI
 
  1. Introduction and practice of the pronunciation of Hindi alphabets with pitch, intonation etc.
  2. Simple Hindi sentence (Imperative, Interrogative with simple present, future and past tense)
  3. Situation based conversation in Hindi. Practice of sufficient vocabulary used in various situations at different places.
 
Part II APPLIED HINDI GRAMMAR
 
  1. Detailed study of the Hindi Alphabet (vowels, consonants with mode of writing)
  2. Morphological aspects for the formation and function of Hindi Lexicon (noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, gender, adjective, prefix, suffix, case).
  3. Moods and Tenses (imperative,  interrogative, present, future and past with special "Ne" construction).
  4. Syntax and writing practice (covering stylistic and semantic elements).
Fee Structure
1. Foreign Nationals and NRIs US$-200
2. Students of SAARC countries US$-150
3. Accommodation & Mess Charges US$-60


3) Summer course in Hindi as an International Language

Duration:    8 Weeks

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha offers Summer Course in Hindi for 8 weeks at a suitable place in India, which will be decided by MOUs with Universities in the Himalayan region, like Nainital. The course can be conducted outside India by MOUs with the Universities in Asia or Europe. The normal period will be May-June.

The Summer Course Will Have The Following Components:

  1. Hindi Structure-Advancement in the field.
  2. Enhancement of Linguistic skills.
  3. State of the art in Hindi Literature.
  4. Introduction to Indian Arts and Culture.
  5. Introduction to Hindi as a living Language in India and abroad.
  6. Fast learning of spoken Hindi.
Fee Structure 1. Foreign Nationals and NRIs US$-120
  2. Students of SAARC countries US$-100
  3. Accommodation & Mess Charges US$-60 per month

 

CONTACT :

In charge:   Courses on Hindi as an International Language
Mahatma Gandhi Antarrastriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
Post Box No.-16 Panchteela,
Wardha-442001 (Maharashtra) INDIA

Phone: +91-7152-230901, 230907
Fax:     +91-7152-230903

E-mail: afstudents@hindivishwa.org 
Website: www.hindivishw.org.

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