SDLAP 111: Bi-weekly Post #1

[Pooja Patel]

First Bi-weekly Post

1. 1.       Learning Plan
   1. Work on the learning plan with my language partner
   2. 2.       Alphabet
      1. Revise the alphabet
      2. “Culture Talk”

                               i. Ask questions about Indian culture and have a cultural conversation utilizing basic Hindi words

During my first meeting with my language partner, we developed a learning plan. Last year, I learned how to communicate in Hindi and I was able to grasp the Hindi alphabet. The Hindi alphabet is divided into vowels, consonants and matras. There are a total of 33 consonants and 12 vowels. The matras are the same as the vowels, however, unlike the vowels; they can be combined with the consonants to change the pronunciation.  For example, the consonant pa added with the matra sound aa becomes paa.

After our revision of last semester, my language partner and I evaluated my performance. Overall, Sanya was pleased with my growth and level of comfort with Hindi. Here on out, we set out to build a learning plan that would fit my needs in learning Hindi.

This semester, I would like to focus my attention on learning how to write in Hindi. My goal is to start writing basic Hindi words without matras. When I master that, I would like to learn more complex words that use matras. I am hoping to read on a second grade level by the end of this semester. I will be asking my language partner to write/find online short stories for me. As far as writing is concerned, my primary focus is learning how to spell as many words as possible. By the end of the semester, I am hoping to learn how to write short sentences.

As of now, I believe that my goals are realistic and attainable. Therefore, I am excited and look forward to a great semester.