improve hindi listening skills

Summary

This website has a growing number of resources for Hindi language learners. There is an aactive blog and podcast, as well as a dictionary and a resource section with links to many useful Hindi resources.

From Website

Hi! I'm Nathan. You and I have something in common. We both want to learn Hindi. And you have come to the right place. ? Speak Hindi is a website dedicated to helping people like us to learn Hindi. Learning another language can be a difficult endeavor, and it is good to take it in small steps with help and the right tools. This site aims to provide that to you. And you will love the price! It is absolutely free.

So, where to start? The main service this site provides is a daily podcast where I and one of our Hindi experts talk about the language. Try out the "Essential Hindi" link below. This covers the basic phrases that are most helpful. It is a good place for anyone to start regardless of what your ultimate goal is. There are also other language tools described below.

Our Hindi Experts

The podcasts feature many Hindi experts. However, three you will see appearing in most of these episodes. They are my mother-in-law Meena. She was a Hindi teacher for 30 years. She is retired now, but still enjoys teaching other people Hindi. My father-in-law, Nariandas, he is a native Hindi speaker with a very clear, easy to listen to voice and a wonderful spirit. Then there is my wife, Sonia, she always makes the episodes fun with a chirpy personality, and interesting insights into Hindi. Also, there will be many guest appearances by my friends that know Hindi.

Link

Visit ISpeakHindi.com

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About Rosetta Stone

From the site:

"World Nomads present a series of podcast language guides. They are yours to download for free and contain all the essential phrases to keep you traveling safely.

We hope that in 2007 there'll be time to produce a few more guides, so feel free to leave us a comment or send an email with suggestions for the languages you'd like to learn."

Comments

This podcast, along with other podcasts by World Nomads, has nice entries with world-traveler action and a transcription to boot.

Visit World Nomads Hindi Language Guide for your iPod.

From the site:

"We are happy to announce that “A Door Into Hindi,” the interactive, multimedia Elementary Hindi learning website, is partially on line and available now. We invite you to explore the website and try out the various lessons and learning resources.

By the terms of our Department of Education Grant, this entire site is available to anyone in the world, at no charge. You are encouraged to use any of the materials in this site in your Hindi classes and we ask you to send us your feedback and your students’ comments.

The site will ultimately consist of 24 video-based lessons with accompanying scrolling texts, grammar notes, glossaries, cultural notes, “video-professors,” and other learning resources. All 24 lesson videos were filmed in India and Pakistan over the past two years, and editing is currently in progress. The lessons are coming on line over the course of this year, with approximately one new lesson coming up each week. Lessons 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 are ready now. Lesson 7 will come up this month. The review lessons (4, 8, 12, etc.) are not available yet, but these do not include any new grammar information. Additional learning resources and exercises are being added on an on-going basis."

Comments

This site has some pretty good videos for people to get acquainted with some basic conversational Hindi.

There are some dead links and some pages that don't work, but the lessons that do have videos are worth checking out, especially if you are a beginner.

There is also written materials available, including some matching games and other such activities.

Visit A Door into Hindi.