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| A Self-taught software
package of Advanced Functional Hindi |
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LILA
HINDI PRAGYA (Windows Version) is the third in the LILA
series of intelligent self-tutoring software packages, the
other two being LILA
Hindi Prabodh and LILA
Hindi Praveen. The present self-taught software contains
a full-fledged course in Advanced Functional Hindi specially
designed to impart language skill and competence in official
and professional correspondence and transactions in Hindi
in government offices, public sector undertakings, corporations,
banks and other professional institutions. |
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course has been designed to develop a learner's competence
and skill in drafting and composing various official correspondence
and texts in Hindi like notings, official and demi-official
letters, orders, memoranda, circulars, notifications, reports,
minutes, proceedings, press releases, applications, financial
notes and so on. Learner is also taught the appropriate
use of frequently used administrative and technical terminology
and expressions both in English and Hindi together with
practice exercises. The study material and texts have been
pedagogically designed to provide relevant information about
the structure of the office, various office practices and
procedures, the government file system, work models, distribution
of work amongst departments and sections and the different
types of correspondence, forms and templates used in the
offices. |
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| The
Users |
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The
package is, in particular, addressed to the employees of
government and semi-government offices, public undertakings,
corporations and banks who are required to acquire a level
of competence in functional Hindi to be able to perform
official transactions in the Official language. This package
can also be used by the teachers as a supplementary aid
or companion which can greatly reduce much of their routine
drudgery of administering exercises, evaluating them, devising
grammatical explanations and narrating the text with standard
pronunciation and intonation in the classroom. |
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This
course can be pursued by users who have either completed
the Praveen Hindi course or by those who already have a
working knowledge of spoken and written Hindi of almost
equivalent level. The package can also be used by those
whose mother tongue is Hindi and who despite their general
competence in Hindi, are not confident to perform office
work in Hindi for want of appropriate knowledge of the officialese,
i.e. the language form, expressions and technical terminology
used in official Hindi. Subjective questions have been given
in a separate module. The user is supposed to answer these
questions and show them to a human teacher. |
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| Course
Structure |
The basic text used in
the package is based on the PRAGYA syllabus prescribed by
the Department of Official Language for passing this examination.
The course material is divided into four parts: |
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- Language-based Review Lessons
(L.1-6)
- Drafting in Hindi (L.7-17)
- Noting in Hindi (L.18-33)
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Appendix: Samples of Official
Forms and Templates
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Technical Terminology and Expressions
(English-Hindi)
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Exam Help-Line (contains subjective
questions and 6 question papers of previous years) |
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six Language-based Review Lessons in the beginning of the
course mainly focus on selected linguistic and grammatical
material and texts, which serve as a refresher or recapitulatory
material for those who think that their command over the
language is still shaky and need quick revision. The medium
of the course is both Hindi and English. |
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| The salient features
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The present software package has been designed utilizing
the latest techniques of in the field of multimedia technology
and language pedagogy. Thus it has been possible to integrate
in this package the facility of speech and video interface
as also the record and compare facility. Some of the salient
features of the package are: |
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Speech interface for listening
to and learning standard pronunciation and intonation |
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Record and Compare facility for
the learner to record his own pronunciation and compare
it with the standard one given in the package |
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Video films of selected narratives
playing simultaneously with the screen text that vividly
introduces the learner to the real Hindi intonation and
body language |
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Look-up Hindi-English Dictionary
accessible on mere click |
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Grammatical Notes and interactive
Vocabulary Guide in each lesson |
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Exhaustive interactive exercises
with on-line evaluation and correction facility |
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Self-evaluation tests in each
lesson with scores obtained by the learner |
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Lila-Hindi
Prabodh, which was the first in the LILA series, was launched
by The Honorable President of India on September 14, 1999.
LILA Prabodh is also the recipient of CSI-INFOSYS award
for Best Shrink-wrapped Software Products, 2000.
Lila
Hindi Praveen has been launched by the honorable Home Minister
Shri. L.K. Advani on September 14, 2001.
This
package was sponsored by: The Department of Official Language,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi,
and Developed by The Centre for Development of Advanced
Computing (C-DAC), Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology, Pune |
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| Systems Requirements: |
Pentium 100 MHz or above, VGA Monitor, Windows 95/98/NT
4.0, 16 Bit Sound Blaster, 16 MB RAM, Speakers, Microphone
& CD Drive (24x). |
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| Contact: |
Applied AI Group,
C-DAC, Pune University Campus,
Ganeshkhind Road,
Pune - 411007.
Tel: +91-20-2569 4000/01/02/02,
Direct: +91-20-25694060,
Fax: +91-20-25694059
Technical Cell,
Department of Official Language,
MHA, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market,
New Delhi - 110003.
Tel: +91-11-461 7695, 461 9860,
Fax: +91-11-461 1031, 461 1031 |
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