THAAL: Teaching Hindi as a Language (हिन्दी शिक्षण एक भाषा के रूप में) is an online platform for the teaching and learning of Hindi. It aims to serve as a hub, which corresponds to the acronym THAAL (थाल), a large plate used in Indian homes to put all food items in one place, for Hindi learners and teachers to various resources on the web. In addition, it will host interesting, innovative and fun-filled Hindi learning and teaching materials (lesson plans, quizzes, puzzles, videos etc.) for beginner to advanced level Hindi students created by Hindi Wizard. Hindi Wizard plans to adapt his training in TESOL while preparing these materials. The site has been designed for the learners who wish to learn Hindi as a second/foreign language. Hence, English is used for most instructions and non-Hindi related posts.
Hindi Wizard: Hindi Wizard is an ESL teacher in the US by profession. He has a B. A., an M. A. and a Ph. D. in English. While studying English for career, Hindi Wizard remained equally involved with his first language. He formally studied Hindi up to 12th grade, but during his B. A. and M. A., he won many awards in creative writing and public speaking in Hindi and English. He also edited the tri-lingual (Hindi, English and Sanskrit) college magazine as the student editor and was acknowledged as a young Hindi poet by a district Hindi poets’ association. Later, he was admitted in English program at Aligarh Muslim University as an outstanding bilingual debater. He remained active in the University literary club and also participated in various events of the Hindi department. His interest in the two languages culminated in his Ph. D. dissertation which he wrote on Hindi-English translation. During his Ph. D., Hindi Wizard was awarded Fulbright Fellowship to teach Hindi at Pennsylvania State University. In the program, he assisted the regular instructor in the beginner and intermediate level Hindi classes and taught advanced level Hindi class as its founder instructor. He also founded Penn State Hindi Sabha, a club for students interested in Hindi and Indian culture, at the host university. He was also invited to read his poems at a Poets’ gathering in New York.
Hindi Wizard is proficient in Hindi and English. He is an active participant in the field of TESOL. He plans to adapt his training in TESOL for this project.
Acronyms used throughout the site:
THAAL: Teaching Hindi as a Language
THSL- Teaching Hindi as a Second Language
THFL- Teaching Hindi as a Foreign Language
HSL- Hindi as a Second Language
HFL- Hindi as a Foreign Language
HLL- Hindi Language Learners
HAP- Hindi for Academic Purposes
HSP- Hindi for Specific Purposes (business, medical etc.)
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