1	Name of the institution
	Michigan State University
2	City, State where institution is located
	East Lansing , Michigan
3	Country
	United States of America
4	Institution's webpage (URL)
	https://lilac.msu.edu/
5	Department Web Page / URL (If Any)
	https://lilac.msu.edu/indian-south-asian-minor/degree-requirements/
6	Course 1 (Name of the Course)
	LL 151:002: Basic Hindi
7	Course 1 - Short Description or URL
	LL 151:002 follows a communicative approach to language teaching—the focus of class time will be on USING the language instead of only learning about the language. Students will practice basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills which also include the sound system and alphabet, and in the first year, a large amount of basic vocabulary. You will also be exposed to some aspects of Indian and South Asian culture. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum. By the end of the sequence, the student should be able to understand and respond appropriately to simple questions and statements—but often with only words or short phrases in the Fall, and full sentences by the Spring. The student should be able to read and react to a variety of simple texts with some difficulty, and deal with some basic everyday living situations. The focus of the first full year is getting students from the word level to the sentence level. Learning how to ask and answer questions and talk about topics related to the self and immediate environment will also be highlighted. Throughout the course students will learn about culture.
8	Course 2 (Name of the Course)
	LL 152:002 Basic Hindi
9	Course 2 - Short Description or URL
	LL 152:002 follows a communicative approach to language teaching—the focus of class time will be on USING the language instead of only learning about the language. Students will practice basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills which also include the sound system and alphabet, and in the first year, a large amount of basic vocabulary. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum. By the end of the sequence, the student should be able to understand and respond appropriately to simple questions and statements—but often with only words or short phrases in the fall, and full sentences by the spring. The student should be able to read and react to a variety of simple texts with some difficulty, and deal with some basic everyday living situations. The focus of the first full year is getting students from the word level to the sentence level. Learning how to ask and answer questions and talk about topics related to the self and immediate environment will also be highlighted. Throughout the course students will learn about culture.
10	Course 3 (Name of the Course)
	LL 251:002 Intermediate Hindi
11	Course 3 - Short Description or URL
	LL 251.002 follows a communicative approach to language teaching—the focus of class time will be on USING the language instead of only learning about the language. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum. By the end of the 2nd full year the student should be able to hold a conversation on everyday topics. The student should be able to read and react to a variety of texts, and deal with a variety of social situations. The students should begin to have some control with narrating past and future events. The focus will be to move students from the sentence level of discourse to the paragraph level. Throughout the courses students will learn about more about culture.
12	Course 4 (Name of the Course)
	LL 252:002 Intermediate Hindi
13	Course 4 - Short Description or URL
	LL 252:002 follows a communicative approach to language teaching—the focus of class time will be on USING the language instead of only learning about the language. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum. By the end of the 2nd full year the student should be able to hold a conversation on everyday topics. The student should be able to read and react to a variety of texts, and deal with a variety of social situations. The students should begin to have some control with narrating past and future events. The focus will be to move students from the sentence level of discourse to the paragraph level. Throughout the courses students will learn about more about culture.
14	Course 5 (Name of the Course)
	LL 301: Advanced Hindi
15	Course 5 - Short Description or URL
	LL 301:002 follows a communicative approach to language teaching—the focus of class time will be on USING the language instead of only learning about the language. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum. By the end of the 3rd/4th full year, the student should be able to handle narration in all time frames on concrete topics of general public interest. All four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) will be practiced extensively. The focus will be primarily on the paragraph level of discourse, moving slowly into extended discourse.
16	Course 6 (Name of the Course)
	LL 302:002 Advanced Hindi
17	Course 6 - Short Description or URL
	LL 301:002 follows a communicative approach to language teaching—the focus of class time will be on USING the language instead of only learning about the language. The use of English in the classroom will be kept to a minimum. By the end of the 3rd full year, the student should be able to handle narration in all time frames on concrete topics of general public interest. All four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) will be practiced extensively. The focus will be primarily on the paragraph level of discourse, moving slowly into extended discourse.
18	Course 7 (Name of the Course)
	LL 401: Advanced Hindi
19	Course 7 - Short Description or URL
	LL 401:002 concentrates on improving the writing and speaking capabilities of the students from daily conversations of different situations to more complex usage of the language in advance topics such as commentaries on newspaper and journal articles, and short analytic essays on a variety of authentic texts in various genres (literary, popular science, and the fields of the students.) Students should be able to support their opinions and begin to hypothesize. By the end of the course the student should be able to understand and respond appropriately to advanced and complex questions and statements. The student should be able to read and write advance level essays to a variety of literary and scholarly texts with some difficulty, and deal with complex everyday living situations. Throughout the course students will learn more culture.
20	Course 8 (Name of the Course)
	LL 402: Advanced Hindi
21	Course 8 - Short Description or URL
	LL 402:002 concentrates on improving the writing and speaking capabilities of the students from daily conversations of different situations to more complex usage of the language in advance topics such as commentaries on newspaper and journal articles, and short analytic essays on a variety of authentic texts in various genres (literary, popular science, and the fields of the students.) Students should be able to support their opinions and begin to hypothesize. By the end of the course the student should be able to understand and respond appropriately to advanced and complex questions and statements. The student should be able to read and write advance level essays to a variety of literary and scholarly texts with some difficulty, and deal with complex everyday living situations. Throughout the course students will learn more culture.
22	Professor 1 - Name
	Dr. Rajiv Ranjan
23	Professor 1 - Title / URL
	Assistant Professor/ https://lilac.msu.edu/rajiv-ranjan/
24	Professor 2 - Name
	Dr. Sean A. Pue/ https://lilac.msu.edu/a-sean-pue/
25	Professor 2 - Title / URL
	Associate Professor
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	Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Assistant Professor
33	Email Address
	rranjan@msu.edu
34	Your Name
	Rajiv Ranjan

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