MyLearningPlan_KellyBreakall.docx
This semester I am focusing my learning around the very basics of Hindi - almost the "survival" skills. I am focusing a lot on the basics of sentence structure and vocabulary for interpersonal communication because that is mostly what I plan to use Hindi for. I organized my plan by what I found most useful when I was studying other languages, and by what I've found are important cultural differences between India and America (who knew I was apparently being rude by shaking my future father-in-law's hand?!)
So far in Hindi I have been starting to learn the alphabet and how verbs/nouns are formed. I've also used Mango to learn some greetings and comments on the weather. I do have 2 textbooks at home (which are identified in the Learning Plan) and a few other resources at the Global Studio that I'm going to look into.
My motivation for learning Hindi is that I am moving to India soon and, although most highly-educated Indians speak English fluently, I would like to show respect by speaking the native language when possible. I also need Hindi to speak with my fiance's family, as they are from a more rural area.
The feedback I've received about my plan is mostly good. My Hindi-speaking friends are almost too quick to tell me how easily I'll pick up the language. I guess we'll see! (Here's hoping I can learn to distinguish between all the different phonemes soon) :-)
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