Chinmaya Mission^® Washington Regional Center

 

Hindi Teachers:

Shashi Srivastava (Program Director) Anil Darbari, Kamal Dewan, Ramita Dewan, Anil Kishore,  Nalini Kumar (Coordinator), Malinda Mallick, Rajeev Gopal, Reena Gopal, Rohit Gopal,

For information on Hindi Classes e-mail hindi@chinmayadc.org

Hindi Class Calendar/News Updates:

• Bala Vihar Registration for 2007-2008 - Last date July 17, 2007
• For school year 2006-2007 Class Schedule:

  Sunday 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM

  Sunday 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

   

  ATTENDANCE RULES:

   

  Any unexcused absence from the class will not be acceptable.

   

  No more than three excused absences from the class are acceptable for the school year.

   

  It is the responsibility of the parent to contact respective teacher(s) directly for any excused absence. You may do so by sending email to hindi@chinmayadc.org  The student will be removed from the curriculum after 3 absences

   

  GENERAL INFORMATION

   

  Information for Parents of all levels:

   

  Please refer to Language Curriculum  rules and regulations posted on the website.

  Children MUST bring all Hindi Paathshala binder, books, dictionary, writing material to class EVERY TIME

   

  In addition please note that late arrivals will stay upstairs. Class starts at 8:45 AM sharp. All the teachers and students are requested to be in the class at 8:40 AM.

   

  Build your own Dictionary: A guide to conversation.

  Buy a marble notebook for your child. Name it as Dictionary for self-improvement. Each child must write down all the words that he /she knows so far. 

   

  Teachers will reinforce throughout the curriculum – all levels

   

  Word reorganization from the respective text books reading and writing.

  Grammar included in the respective text.

  Introduction to simple sentences, number counting, days of week, months of year etc.

  Hindi as a means to introduce students to some basic History and geography of India.

   

  CURRICULUM

   

  For all levels:

  The default homework for each class is what is in the back of each lesson.

  Each child must know 3 Poems from the respective textbook.

  Dictionary building (see under Information for Parents)

   

   Level Specific Curriculum: 

  	Textbooks
  Level 1	Hindi Paathshala (Binder)
  Level 2	Hindi Paathshala (Binder) Rhimjhim-1
  Level 3	Hindi Paathshala  (Binder) Rhimjhim 2 Hindi-English Dictionary English-Hindi Dictionary
  Level 4&5	Hindi Paathshala (Binder) Rhimjhim-2, Rhimjhim -3, Teach Yourself Hindi by Mohini Rao. Hindi-English Dictionary English-Hindi Dictionary (Teacher may use handouts)
  Level 6&7	Hindi Paathshala  (Binder) Rhimjhim-3 Teach Yourself Hindi by Mohini Rao. Hindi-English Dictionary English-Hindi Dictionary (Teacher may use other handouts)

   Class Test and certificates

  1. The SECOND weekend of each month is set-aside for Exams in class. It will cover lessons taught in that month. Teachers will prepare exams ahead of time. Exams will not be repeated. Students will be awarded certificates of participation of the level completed. If two levels are completed in a given year then both levels will be indicated on the certificate. For students that complete three or more levels, the certificate will indicate participation in two of the higher levels.
  2. All class related questions should be addressed directly with the teacher.

   

  Thanks

   

  Nalini Kumar

  (Hindi Coordinator)

  hindi@chinmayadc.org

   

  Shashi Shrivastav

  (Program Director)
  moxyrani@yahoo.com

   

  Anil Kishore

  (Director-Chinmayam Bala Vihar)

  chinmayam@chinmayadc.org

Class Updates/Assignments - Click here for Hindi Paathshala Curriculum

1.     Hindi Textbooks (available from Mission Book Store for Hindi Paathshala students only).

• Rim Jhim- Part 1, 2 and 3
• Conversational Hindi - Teach Yourself Hindi, by Mohini Rao
• Hindi Paathshala Binder - Prepared and  Maintained by Class Teachers
• Additional poems, folk songs and reading material are provided by the teachers to the students to supplement language skills.
• Some activities will involve Arts group students. Detailed class outline will be handed out in class during September and as the year progresses.
• (The prescribed textbooks are approved by Govt. of India, National Council of Educational Research & Training.

Past Performances by Hindi Paathshsala

• Sunderakanda - performed 9/2002
• Holi Aayee Re - peformed for Holi 2000
• Jhanda - performed June 2000
• Aha Aaj Diwali Aayee - performed for Diwali 2000

For Curriculum and additional details, rules and regulations, student testing and performance, expectations of our students please CLICK HERE (Language Curriculum Information). Students usually take longer in Level 1 (learning of alphabets, reading writing takes a while since the script is very different than English. The conversation is essentially picked up by speaking at home, not with the limited weekly class in our Language Curriculum. All students should be in Grade 1 or higher in school to be considered for Language Classes. See details under Language Curriculum.

Your Hindi Paathshala Teachers -

Shashi Srivastava (Program Director), Anil Darbari, Kamal Dewan, Ramita Dewan, Anil Kishore, Nalini Kumar (Lead Teacher), Malinda Mallick, Rajeev Gopal, Reena Gopal, Rohit Gopal, Rajiv Mahajan

Email: hindi@chinmayadc.org

Click here for Hindi Website of Chinmaya Mission

September 2007

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