Offered :

This course is offered on Terms 1 (Feb - Apr) and 3 (Aug - Sep) each year.

Date & Time:

Our 2022 Term 3 Hindi 101 course meets Tuesdays 5:00-6:30 pm beginning on Tuesday 2 August 2022 (New Zealand time). Our 2023 Term 1 course begins the week starting Monday 13 February 2023, with the final days and time to be decided. If you are interested in our Feb 2023 course email us now with your preferred days/times before we finalise our Term 1 scheduling.

Time Zone equivalents:

for live-streaming 2022 Term 3 Zoom Sessions from New Zealand

  • Honolulu, Hawai’i: Mondays 7:00-8:30pm beginning 1 August 2022

  • US Pacific: Mondays 10:00-11:30pm beginning 1 August 2022

  • US Eastern: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30am beginning 2 August 2022

  • London, UK: Tuesdays 6:00-7:30am beginning 2 August 2022

  • Paris, France: Tuesdays 7:00-8:30am beginning 2 August 2022

  • New Delhi, India: Tuesdays 10:30am-12:00pm beginning 2 August 2022

  • Bangkok, Thailand: Tuesdays 12:00-1:30pm beginning 2 August 2022

  • Singapore: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30pm beginning 2 August 2022

  • Sydney, Australia: Tuesdays 3:00-4:30pm beginning 2 August 2022

Description :

Our Introductory Hindi 101 course is specifically designed for adults (and children over 10 yrs) who do not know how to read, write or speak the Hindi language. Introductory Hindi 101 begins with learning the Devanāgarī (देवनागरी) script, writing and reading practice, and includes basic introductory grammar, vocabulary and conversation. Subsequent Terms reinforce both reading and writing, and focus on grammar, conversation and vocabulary. Hindi 102 continues with Devanāgarī (देवनागरी) script reading and writing practice, and with introductory grammar, vocabulary, and conversation. Adults and teens who already understand and speak Hindi, but who do not know how to read and write in Devanāgarī, may choose to enrol in our Hindi 101 course. Introductory Hindi 101 is offered twice a year, in Terms 1 (Feb-Apr) & 3 (Aug-Sep). Hindi 101 classes run for eight successive weeks each Term.

Meet our Instructor

Executive Director, Senior Lecturer Dr Todd Nachowitz, PhD

Dr Todd Nachowitz, PhD, is the Founder and Executive Director of EarthDiverse. Todd is a Hamilton-based lecturer, anthropologist, environmentalist and diversity educator. He previously taught in Religious Studies at the University of Waikato, teaching courses on Comparative Religion and Religious Fundamentalism & Extremism. Todd holds a Masters Degree in Development Anthropology from Syracuse University in upstate New York (1991) and a PhD from the University of Waikato (2015) in Political Science and Public Policy where he completed his thesis on diversity governance and the Indian diaspora in New Zealand.

Prior to settling in New Zealand in 1995, Todd lived and worked in the United States, India, Pakistan and Nepal. He spent 11 years in South Asia as the Academic Director for university study-abroad programmes in Varanasi, India (for the University of Wisconsin-Madison); Lahore, Pakistan (for the University of California-Berkeley); and Kathmandu, Nepal (for School for International Training, based in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA) focusing on language, culture and religion.

Todd speaks Hindi and Urdu, and is a specialist in comparative world religions and the history, religions, languages and cultures of South Asia. He also currently teaches our Hindi and Urdu language courses and the Religious Diversity courses at EarthDiverse.

Location:

All in-person classes are held at the EarthDiverse Centre located at 401 Anglesea Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton (located just north of the Hamilton Central Bus Station) (entrance is located on the side of the building, see map below). Those looking for parking for our evening classes can park just in front of the building in any of the available car parks. Daytime parking can be found in our dedicated car parks, or free 2-hour on-street daytime parking can be found just in front of Anglesea Street.
Location

Distance Learning:

This course has distance-learning options for those unable to attend the live class sessions in Hamilton. Students have three options for attending our courses once they have registered:

  • Attend in-person classes in our Hamilton classrooms at the regularly scheduled day and time.

  • Attend our live on-line classroom sessions via Zoom at the regular scheduled day and time.

  • Watch the live-recorded class sessions at your leisure, at a time, day and place more suited to your schedule.

Distance-Learning options:

  • In addition to our in-person classes in Hamilton, our courses offer distance learning options for those unable to attend classes in-person. Live-streamed Hamilton classes are available via free Zoom software for those living outside the Waikato. Live-streaming allows you to participate fully in your own learning, ask questions of the instructor and participate fully in the same way as if you were in the physical classroom.

  • Those unable to attend the scheduled date and time of the actual class sessions, or those who need to miss a class or two due to previous engagements or unexpected illness, can watch any or all of the live-recorded video sessions on their computers, laptops, tablets or mobile devices and study at their own pace and in their own time.

  • Detailed instructions on how to access our distance learning components will be sent after completing your registration. There are no additional fees for this service. However, distance learners will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a good quality web-camera (tablet devices and mobile phones can also access our live-streamed classes), a built-in microphone (most modern laptops have built-in microphones) or a headset with a microphone. You will also need to download and install the free Zoom software on your computer or device. Those accessing the video recordings will be able to do so with a simple web browser on any device.

Pricing options:

All prices in New Zealand Dollars

Course curriculum:

Week by week new material will be posted throughout the duration of the course. Video recordings of each weekly session will be posted here after 1-2 days after each class.

    1. EarthDiverse Introductory Hindi textbook

    2. EarthDiverse Hindi Alphabet Chart

    3. EarthDiverse Zoom instructions

    1. 20220802 T3.1 Hindi 101 video

    2. 20220803 T3.1 Hindi 101 class notes

    1. 20220809 T3.2 Hindi 101 class notes

    2. 20220809 T3.2 Hindi 101 video

    1. 20220816 T3.3 Hindi 101 class notes

    2. 20220816 T3.3 HINDI 101 Video

    1. 20220823 T3.4 Hindi 101 class notes

    2. 20220823 T3.4 Hindi 101 video

    1. 20220830 T3.5 Hindi 101 class notes

    2. 20220830 T3.5 Hindi 101 video

About this course

  • $150.00
  • 19 lessons
  • 12 hours of video content

Notes:

Those who cannot make the class meeting day and time either in-person or via live Zoom sessions may consider accessing this course through the weekly recorded video sessions. Class videos are usually posted the day after each live class session and are available for your own personal learning session on a day and time of your choosing.

Materials:

An “Introductory Hindi” text is included in the course fees. These are currently being distributed as PDF files as the courses progress and will eventually comprise a completed Introductory Hindi textbook. You will only require a pen or pencil, a notebook for taking your own class notes, and a loose-leaf binder. Any notes that our instructor writes on the class whiteboard will be emailed to you as a digital PDF file so that you can print these out at home and add them to your own notebook.

Prerequisites :

There are no prerequisites for this course. It is open to both adults and kids 10 years and older.

Social proof: reviews

Social proof: testimonials

Highly Recommended!

Amy Monsees (Hamilton, New Zealand)

Todd understands how to teach Hindi to English speakers. As a beginner I never thought I’d get past the alphabet and cannot believe how much I have learned in such a short amount of time. Todd’s approach, which includes free-flowing conversation in combination with textbook learning, is effective and we have a good time. He is an adaptable, patient, and dedicated teacher and I highly recommend his language courses. (2021)