Languages

2018

Elementary Bengali

Lecturer:  Razima Chowdhury
Textbook:  Epar Bangla Opar Bangla:  Bangla Across Borders! by Carol Salomon, Nandini Abedin and Klaus Brandl
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Elementary Bengali Syllabus

Gujarati has been cancelled for SASLI 2018.

Gujarati is often under-enrolled. If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

2018

Elementary Hindi

Lecturer:  Divya Chaudhry
Teaching Assistants:  Lydia Odegard and Hailey Dickson
Textbook:  Beginning Hindi: A Complete Course (Hindi Edition) by Joshua H. Pien and Fauzia Farooqui
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Elementary Hindi Syllabus

Intermediate Hindi

Lecturer:  Afsar Mohammad
Teaching Assistant:  Nikhil Tiwari
Textbooks:  Spoken Hindi in Social Context (A Book of Situational Conversation for Enhancing Proficiency) by Mithilesh Mishra and Awadesh Mishra; Instructor-provided course material
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Intermediate Hindi Syllabus

Advanced Hindi

Lecturer:  Mithilesh Mishra
Textbooks:  Theme Based Vocabulary and Affixes of Hindi by Mithilesh Mishra and Awadesh Mishra; Spoken Hindi in Social Context (A Book of Situational Conversation for Enhancing Proficiency) by Mithilesh Mishra and Awadesh Mishra; Advanced Hindi Grammar by Usha Jain; a Course Packet prepared by Mithilesh Mishra
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Advanced Hindi Syllabus

Malayalam has been cancelled for SASLI 2018.

Malayalam is often under-enrolled. If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

Marathi has been cancelled for SASLI 2018.

Marathi is often under-enrolled. If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

2018

Elementary Pashto

Lecturer:  Rahman Arman
Textbook:  Pashto: An Elementary Textbook (Volumes 1 & 2) by Rahmon Inomkhojayev
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Pashto Syllabus

Pashto is often under-enrolled. If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

2018

Elementary Sanskrit

Lecturer:  Aaron Sherraden
Teaching Assistants:  Dhruv Nagar and Christopher Fleming
Textbook:  Devavāṇipraveśikā: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language by Robert P. Goldman & Sally J. Sutherland Goldman
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Elementary Sanskrit Syllabus

Intermediate Sanskrit

Lecturer:  Aleksandar Uskokov
Textbooks:  a Course Packet prepared by Aleksandar Uskokov; A Sanskrit English Dictionary by Monier Monier-Williams or Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Vaman Shivaram Apte
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Intermediate Sanskrit Syllabus

2018

Elementary Sinhala

Lecturer:  Bandara Herath
Textbooks:  Reading and Writing Practice with the Sinhala Alphabet by Bandara Herath; Spoken Sinhala Grammar: A Handbook by Bandara Herath; Beginning Colloquial Sinhala: An Introductory Sinhala Curriculum (Student Edition) by Theresa McGarry and Liyanage Amarakeerthi; Beginning Readings in Colloquial Sinhala by Bandara Herath
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Elementary Sinhala Syllabus

Sinhala is often under-enrolled. If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

2018

Elementary Tamil

Lecturer:  Prathima Christdas
Textbooks:  A Basic Tamil Reader and Grammar (all three volumes and CDs) by K. Paramasivam and James Lindholm; “Jim and Raja” Conversations (text and CD) by E. Annamalai; Tamil Language in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Learning Tamil by Vasu Renganathan
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Elementary Tamil Syllabus

Telugu has been cancelled for SASLI 2018.

Telugu is often under-enrolled. If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

2018

Elementary Urdu

Lecturer:  Gwendolyn Kirk
Textbooks:  Beginning Urdu: A Complete Course by Fauzia Farooqui and Joshua Pien; Let’s Study Urdu: An Introduction to the Script by Syed Akbar Hyder and Ali Asani; Essential Urdu Dictionary by Timsal Masud
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Elementary Urdu Syllabus 

 

Intermediate Urdu

Lecturer:  Faiza Saleem
Teaching Assistant:  Saleha Parvaiz
Textbooks:  Let’s Study Urdu: An Introductory Course by Ali Asani and Syed Akbar Hyder; at least one English-Urdu/Urdu-English dictionary
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Intermediate Urdu Syllabus

Advanced Urdu

Lecturer:  Hafiz Muhammad Fazal e Haq
Textbook: Instructor-provided course material
Syllabus: SASLI 2018 Advanced Urdu Syllabus