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Programme includes: |
| Std. 7 and 8 |
Standards 7 and 8 are divided into two groups;
Group One – students who have some knowledge of Hindi, both spoken
and written. Lessons involve Hindi script.
Group Two – students who are new to this language (mostly expatriates).
Lessons start with phonetics and slowly introduce the Hindi script. |
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Topics covered include the following:
- Colours
- Animals and birds
- Days of the week and months
- Directions
- Professions
- Fruits and vegetables
- Numbers and counting in tens till crore, etc.
- Hindi script is slowly introduced.
- Personal identification
Activities include:
- Conversation: for example, in a restaurant, with a travel agent
- Reading comprehension using Gyan Varsha and other books.
- Translation from Hindi to English and English to Hindi
- Essay and letter writing
- Reciting poems
- Skits
- Movies
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| Std. 9 |
Most students who take Hindi in Standard 9 are students
who want to continue Hindi as a GCE subject. They are given a taste
of what the GCE paper will be. Some of the topics covered are from
the list given for Standard 10 and 11 below. |
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Activities include:
- Translation from English to Hindi and Hindi to English
- Reading comprehension
- Essay and letter writing
- Reading
- Speaking
- Plays
- Grammar
- Spelling tests
- Movies
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| Std. 10 and 11 |
The students are prepared for their GCE examinations under the Edexcel
board from the beginning of Standard 10. This examination is intended
for native or near native speakers. Different materials are used from
various books, newspapers, from the internet and movies. |
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Topics are studied under the following headings and include:
- At home and abroad
- Life in the town and rural life
- Weather and climate
- Travel, transport and directions
- Holidays and tourist information
- Services (for example, telephone, bank, post office)
- Customs and religion
- Everyday life and traditions
- Education and employment
- Childhood, school life and routine
- Different types of careers
- Future plans
- House, home and daily routine
- Types of home
- Information about self, family and friends
- Helping around the house
- Food and drink
- Currents affairs
- Current affairs and social issues
- Environmental issues
- The media
- Modern communication
- Social activities, fitness and health
- Special occasions
- Hobbies, interests, sports and exercise
- Shopping and money matters
- Accidents, injuries, common ailments and health issues.
The examination consists of one 3 hour paper containing four sets of questions:
Question 1: Translation from Hindi to English 25 marks
Question 2: Translation from English to Hindi 25 marks
Question 3: Practical application of grammar, where they are required to
translate five sentences from English to Hindi 15 marks Question 4: Essay / letter
writing between 200 – 250 words 35 marks
No dictionaries may be used. |
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