{"id":12312,"date":"2026-02-04T09:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cls\/?page_id=12312"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:22:29","slug":"hindi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cls\/hindi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindi"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>Hindi<\/h2>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"courses\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/01\/courses.jpg\" alt=\"courses\" width=\"928\" height=\"136\" \/> <a id=\"fl-tabs--label-0\" role=\"tab\" href=\"#\" data-index=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-0\" aria-expanded=\"true\"> Courses offered in AY2026-2027 <\/a> <a id=\"fl-tabs--label-1\" role=\"tab\" href=\"#\" data-index=\"1\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\"> Pre-requisites\/Preclusions <\/a> <a id=\"fl-tabs--label-2\" role=\"tab\" href=\"#\" data-index=\"2\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\"> Full Course Descriptions <\/a> <a id=\"fl-tabs--label-3\" role=\"tab\" href=\"#\" data-index=\"3\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\"> E-Learning and Links <\/a> Courses offered in AY2026-2027<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<table><caption>Semester 1<\/caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Course Code<\/th>\r\n<th>Course Name<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH1201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 1<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table><caption>Semester II<\/caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Course Code<\/th>\r\n<th>Course Name<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH1201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 1<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH2201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><strong>There are no pre-requisites or qualifying test for Level 1000 language courses. But these courses are meant only for students without any prior knowledge. Those who have learned the language through formal and informal means (incl. through external courses, self-study or an extended stay in the target language country) must contact CLS to take a placement test.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Students may face disciplinary action by the University for making a false declaration.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Pre-requisites\/Preclusions<\/p>\r\n<table><caption>Pre-requisites \/ Preclusions<\/caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Course<\/strong>\u00a0Code<\/th>\r\n<th rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Course<\/strong> Name<\/th>\r\n<th rowspan=\"2\">Unit<\/th>\r\n<th colspan=\"2\">Student Requires<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th colspan=\"5\">\u00a0<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH1201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 1<\/td>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>For beginners who do not have any formal and informal education in Hindi and have no proficiency in spoken Hindi.<\/td>\r\n<td>* Refer to below notes<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH2201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 2<\/td>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>For students who passed LAH1201 or placement test. Student must not have read a higher level course than this course.<\/td>\r\n<td>NIL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH3201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 3<\/td>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH2201 or placement test, Student must not have read a higher level course than this course.<\/td>\r\n<td>NIL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH3202<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 4<\/td>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH3201 or placement test. Student must not have read a higher level course than this course.<\/td>\r\n<td>NIL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH4201<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 5<\/td>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH3202 or placement test. Student must not have read a higher level course than this course.<\/td>\r\n<td>NIL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>LAH4202<\/td>\r\n<td>Hindi 6<\/td>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH4201 or placement test. Student must not have read a higher level course than this course.<\/td>\r\n<td>NIL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>* Preclusions for Hindi 1<\/p>\r\n<p>Hindi 1 is intended for students who are complete beginners. It is not suitable for students who are:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>native speakers of Hindi or Urdu<\/li>\r\n<li>students who have studied Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marati or Punjabi at &#8216;O&#8217; or &#8216;A&#8217; levels (or equivalents) or have previously undertaken any formal study of Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati or Punjabi for any duration of time.<\/li>\r\n<li>Students who are from India have to provide a complete transcript of subjects studied to prove that they have not taken Hindi at any level.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Full Course Descriptions<\/p>\r\n<h4>LAH1201 Hindi 1<\/h4>\r\n<p>Hindi 1 is the introductory course to the Hindi language and culture of India. This course is designed to help students develop the four linguistic skills in Hindi as well as to expand their cultural competency. This course is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Units<\/th>\r\n<th>Workload<\/th>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<th>Cross-listing(s)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>4-0-0-3-3<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h4>LAH2201 Hindi 2<\/h4>\r\n<p>Hindi 2 course is a continuation of Hindi 1. It is an integrated course which will help students gain higher basic proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary (including Devanagari, the Hindi alphabet), for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations. Students will continue to learn about the Indian culture through readings and a variety of audio-visual materials.<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Units<\/th>\r\n<th>Workload<\/th>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<th>Cross-listing(s)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>4-0-0-3-3<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH1201 or passed placement test<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h4>LAH3201 Hindi 3<\/h4>\r\n<p>Hindi 3 is a continuation of Hindi 2. It is an integrated course which will help students gain intermediate proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations. Students will continue to learn about cultural elements through texts and audio-visual materials.<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Units<\/th>\r\n<th>Workload<\/th>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<th>Cross-listing(s)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>4-0-0-3-3<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH2201 or passed placement test<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h4>LAH3202 Hindi 4<\/h4>\r\n<p>Hindi 4 is a continuation of Hindi 3. It is an integrated course which will help students gain higher intermediate proficiency in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), grammar, vocabulary for personal interaction and communication in authentic situations.<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Units<\/th>\r\n<th>Workload<\/th>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<th>Cross-listing(s)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>4-0-0-3-3<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH3201 or passed placement test<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h4>LAH4201 Hindi 5<\/h4>\r\n<p>This course builds on the skills attained through studying Hindi 4. The aim is to introduce students to a range of typical forms of Hindi language likely to be encountered in authentic texts such as fiction, news, media, broadcast media and cinema. Issues addressed in the course will include: strategies for the development of higher level vocabulary and the study of advanced Hindi grammar and usage.<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Units<\/th>\r\n<th>Workload<\/th>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<th>Cross-listing(s)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>4-0-0-3-3<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH3202 or passed placement test<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h4>LAH4202 Hindi 6<\/h4>\r\n<p>In this course, students build on the skills attained through studying Hindi 5. Students will be able to gain higher proficiency in the Hindi language for personal interaction in an authentic environment with native or foreign speakers of Hindi. Students will be taught to improve upon their skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing by being exposed to topics of social, historical and cultural interest.<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Units<\/th>\r\n<th>Workload<\/th>\r\n<th>Pre-requisite<\/th>\r\n<th>Preclusion<\/th>\r\n<th>Cross-listing(s)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>4-0-0-3-3<\/td>\r\n<td>LAH4201 or passed placement test<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<td>Nil<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>* Workload: A-B-C-D-E<br \/>The components are as follow:<br \/>A: no. of lecture hours per week<br \/>B: no. of tutorial hours per week<br \/>C: no. of lab hours per week<br \/>D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc per week<br \/>E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student per week E-Learning and Links<\/p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"e-learning\"><\/a>E-Learning and Links<\/h4>\r\n<table>\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>E-Learning<\/th>\r\n<th>Language Links<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nushindi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nus.hindi\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hindistartalk.lrc.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STARTALK Hindi<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hindiurduflagship.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindi, Urdu Website<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.singaporesangam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore&#8217;s Hindi magazinea&gt;<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rnGs9ODLOpw&amp;t=224s\">Vowels in Hindi<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hindi Courses offered in AY2026-2027 Pre-requisites\/Preclusions Full Course Descriptions E-Learning and Links Courses offered in AY2026-2027 &nbsp; Semester 1 Course Code Course Name LAH1201 Hindi 1 Semester II Course Code Course Name LAH1201 Hindi 1 LAH2201 Hindi 2 There are no pre-requisites or qualifying test for Level 1000 language courses. 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