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

Will be offered for the first time at SASLI 2019! More information coming in Spring 2019.

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