Amid the growing partnership between India and Korea, a group of students from the Hindi Department of Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS) visited JNU to learn Hindi and about Indian Culture. The Centre for Korean Studies (CKS), School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University organizes basic courses on Hindi Language and Indian Culture for the Korean students every year.
Group of students from the Hindi Department of Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS) visited JNU to learn Hindi and about Indian Culture.
Group of students from the Hindi Department of Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS) visited JNU to learn Hindi and about Indian Culture.
The basic level course aims at catering to the needs of those students who have had very little exposure to Hindi in Korea. The course the helps the students speak Hindi confidently and communicate effectively. The students are introduced with the basic sound system, syntactic structure and vocabulary of Hindi. They are taught about Indian culture through audio-visual aids.
They also get to learn the informal Hindi. The overall focus of the program is to impart conversational skills. Since they are mostly at the beginners level and for short period, the medium of instruction adopted is through Hindi and both. They are offered 5 courses on Basic structure of Hindi & Composition,Reading Ability,Audio-Video, Oral Expressions and Indian Culture and Society. The teaching faculty are the language experts who have vast experience of teaching Hindi. During the course students also learn Yoga by a trained yoga teacher.
The students are taught courses on Hindi language and Indian Culture using innovative methods. The focus is laid on making the contents interesting and ensuring that the teaching-learning process is not too mechanical.
During the valedictory function held on Thursday at JNU the students sang Hindi songs and recited Hindi poems. They said they were amused to see India's cultural diversity and fond of Indian food. They were keen to see as many Hindi movies as possible before going back to Korea.Prof. VaishnaNarang, the Dean of School of Language, Literature and Culture studies welcomed the students and emphasized the need for more such programs to foster the cultural relationship between the two countries. Dr. Ravikesh, the program director said "we are delighted to receive such bright students and impart with them true colors of Indian culture and ethos. They get an opportunity to experience India in and outside class.
Yoga class is one such popular activity among them. They are true cultural ambassadors of India in Korea.In fact, BUFS has also decided to provide scholarships to 5 of our students to study in Korea for one semester and get the first hand experience." Prof. VyjayantiRaghavan, the Chairperson of the Centre, on this occasion,concluded that such program also provide an opportunity to our students to interact with the Korean students and improve their Korean skills.With popularity of both the languages getting higher, it is going to be a good time for the Korean learners at JNU and Hindi learners at BUFS.
source:Indiatoday
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