Marathi as a foreign language part II

[Guest guest]

Dear list members the second part of the Marathi language course by my

former teacher, Mrs. Neeti Badwe, has just been published. As Marathi

teaching material is still quite scarce, I hope it might be interesting.

All the best,

Sonja Stark-Wild

 

`Learning Marathi as a Foreign Language' Module I and Module II

 

`Learning Marathi as a Foreign Language' is divided into two parts. Module

I primarily concentrates on the script and pronunciation; whereas Module

II essentially contains the basic syntactic structures and the

conversational patterns in Marathi. This project envisages a wide range of

users including foreign students and scholars interested in learning

Marathi as an area of linguistic, cultural, religious studies and in

carrying out research in this field.

 

Module I provides :

Material to practise characters in Devnagri script and sounds of Marathi

along with vocabulary and morphological indicators, verbal translation

into English, the minimal necessary grammar, exercises and key to the

exercises. Audio aid to all the main texts and selected exercises for

practising pronunciation. Tables with signs for vowels, consonants, half

consonants and vowel combination. And examples for pronunciation.

Module I (Rs. 300/- outside India 20/- Dollars or 20,- Euro + postage)

 

Module II provides :

21 small Units, grammar topics significant for a foreign learner,

exercises in different modes, vocabulary with additional user friendly

markers , wordstudy introducing usages peculiar to Marathi, translations

of main texts, key to exercises, appendices with culturalinformation,

glossary. Special features : Audio Aid in form of a CD, Declension of

variable forms with untraditional parameters, simple dialogues and texts

embedded in day-to-day situations.

Module II (Rs. 400/- outside India 25/- Dollars or 25,- Euro + postage)

 

[ The author of this book Dr. Neeti Badwe is Professor in German at the

University of Pune, India. She has a long standing experience in teaching

German as a Foreign Language, both at the graduate and post-graduate

level. She has also been teaching Marathi as a Foreign Language since more

than 15 years, mainly to American and German students. A contrastive study

of phonetic, syntactic and cultural aspects forms the basis for

structuring this book and designing exercises. (E-Mail :

neeti_badwe, Tel.: 0091 20 2565 8388 ®) ]

 

 

_____________________________

Dr. Sonja Stark-Wild

Suedasien-Institut der Universitaet Heidelberg

Bibliothek

South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg

Library

Im Neuenheimer Feld 330

69120 Heidelberg

F.R.G.

Tel./phone:++49-6221-544312

++49-6221-437466 (home)

Fax: 545928

e-mail: Sonja.Stark-Wild

[Shrimaitreya]

I'm very much interested in contacting Dr. Neeti Badwe but I don't seem to be able to get his email. Please send it to me. Herzlichen Dank!

Borayin Larios

shrimaitreya@gmail.com