Languages

2020

Elementary Bengali

Lecturer: Ahmed Shamim
Textbook: Epar Bangla Opar Bangla: Bangla Across Borders!
Syllabus: Elementary Bengali Syllabus

Dari has been cancelled for SASLI 2020.

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

Gujarati has been canceled for SASLI 2020

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

2020

Elementary Hindi

Co-Instructors:  Bhanushri Sisodia, Lydia Odegard
Teaching Assistant: Anamitraa Chakraborty
Textbook: Beginning Hindi: A Complete Course by Joshua Pien and Fauzia Farooqui
Syllabus: Elementary Hindi Syllabus

Intermediate Hindi

Lecturer:  Milind Ranade
Textbooks: Beginning Hindi A Complete Course by Joshua Pien and Fauzia Farooqi; Complete Hindi by Rupert Snell and Simon Weightman
Syllabus: Intermediate Hindi Syllabus

Advanced Hindi

Lecturer:  Syed Ekhteyar Ali
Textbooks:  Theme Based Vocabulary and Affixes of Hindi by Mithilesh Mishra and Awadesh Mishra;  Advanced Hindi Grammar by Usha Jain; a Course Packet prepared by Syed Ekhteyar; a Course Packet prepared by Mithilesh Mishra
Syllabus: Advanced Hindi Syllabus

Malayalam will be hosted by the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin during Summer 2020. Please contact SAI directly at sai@austin.utexas.edu for more information. Please be sure to include that SASLI referred you when contacting the South Asia Institute.

Marathi has been canceled for SASLI 2020

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

Nepali has been canceled for SASLI 2020 due to low-enrollment. 

If you are interested in this class, please contact us as early as possible.

Pashto has been cancelled for SASLI 2020.

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

2020

Elementary Punjabi

Lecturer:  Asa Singh Willoughby
Textbooks: Complete Punjabi by Surjit Singh Kalra and Navtej Kaur Purewal published in 2016; Punjabi-English English-Punjabi Dictionary by Dr. K. K. Goswami
Syllabus: Elementary Punjabi Syllabus

2020

Elementary Sanskrit

Lecturer:  Dhruv Raj Nagar
Teaching Assistant: Christopher Fleming
Textbook:  Saṃskṛtasubodhinī: A Sanskrit Primer by Madhav M. Deshpande;
Syllabus: Elementary Sanskrit Syllabus

Intermediate Sanskrit

Lecturer:  Varun Khanna
Textbooks: A Course Packet prepared by Varun Khanna.
Syllabus: Intermediate Sanskrit Syllabus

Sinhala has been canceled for SASLI 2020

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

2020

Elementary Tamil

Lecturer:  Jay Ramesh
Textbooks:  A Basic Tamil Reader and Grammar (first two volumes and CDs) by K. Paramasivam and James Lindholm
Syllabus: Elementary Tamil Syllabus

Telugu will be hosted by the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin during Summer 2020. Please contact SAI directly at sai@austin.utexas.edu for more information. Please be sure to include that SASLI referred you when contacting the South Asia Institute.

2020

Elementary Urdu

Lecturer:  Gwendolyn Kirk
Teaching Assistant: Muhammad Farooq Asif
Textbooks: Let’s Study Urdu: An Introduction to the Script by Syed Akbar Hyder and Ali Asani; Essential Urdu Dictionary by Timsal Masud
Syllabus: Elementary Urdu Syllabus

Intermediate Urdu

Lecturer: Muhammad Umar Anjum
Textbooks:  Instructor-provided course material
Syllabus: Intermediate Urdu Syllabus

Advanced Urdu

Lecturer:  Jameel Ahmad
Textbook: A Course Packet prepared by Jameel Ahmad
Syllabus: Advanced Urdu Syllabus