Marathi textbook

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Dear all,

 

my former Marathi Teacher asked me to forward the following announcement

concerning her new Marathi textbook.

As language textbooks on Marathi are quite rare some of you might be

interested.

The book including the audio cassette should be ordered directly at:

 

neeti_badwe

 

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.

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 or religious studies and in carrying out research

in this field.

 

 

Module I is a set of a book comprising of six units (156 pages) and an

audio cassette (60 min.). The Units are organized thematically.

 

A special feature of Module I is the integral method. Small dialogues have

been directly introduced with a component of script and instruction for

pronunciation.

 

Structural and optical similarity of characters has been the main

criterion to classify the characters in smaller groups to be introduced in

each Unit. Each character has been illustrated by dividing it into 3 or 4

convenient strokes, which are serially numbered and marked with

small arrows to show the direction of the stroke. This facilitates smooth

and methodical learning of drawing the characters.

 

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. Our experience reveals that a new learner of a

foreign language cannot entirely rely on his own ears to make a precise

distinction between the sounds of Marathi that are unknown to him.

Therefore, in addition to an audio cassette a visual aid in form of

transcription has also been provided.

- Tables with signs for vowels, consonants, half consonants and vowel

combination

- and tables for pronunciation with examples from Marathi, Hindi,

German and English.

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

 

Module II is in print

 

 

 

_____________________________

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