Hindi. Introductory Course ED.2

The Hindi language is one of the two official languages of the Republic of India, the fifth most widely spoken language in the world, and it is becoming increasingly in demand every year.
The second, revised and supplemented edition of the... textbook consists of two parts — an introductory, quite detailed, phonetic course, including 9 lessons, and the main course, containing 20 lessons. The authors of the textbook emphasize the development of students' speaking skills in Hindi: a significant volume of modern spoken vocabulary and phraseology is presented. The dialogues reflect typical situations (shopping, visiting a doctor, talking on the phone, cooking, etc.) that language learners may encounter. Furthermore, having mastered the lexical and grammatical material presented in the book, students will be able to independently read and translate original journalistic and literary texts in Hindi.
The texts included in the book provide Hindi language learners with information of a geographical and cultural nature, familiarizing them with the realities of modern India and its traditional values. A comprehensive Hindi-Russian dictionary covers all the vocabulary presented in the textbook, and the grammatical material is summarized in tables and contained in the appendix.
Phonetic examples and exercises included in the introductory phonetic course, as well as the texts and dialogues of the main course lessons, are accompanied by audio recordings made by native speakers.
The audio supplement is purchased separately from the textbook.