YHS-HSF ONLINE HINDI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PROGRAM-FALL 2020/SPRING 2021

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The Fall semester program starts on September 20 and will end on December 6, 2020. Participants of 2020 online summer program will get priority in admission. Classes will be held from 9.30 to 11.30 am with a 10 minute recess from 10.20 to 10.30 am. We will teach in real time using online tools, Zoom and others.

The Spring semester classes will start on February 7 and end on April 25, 2021.

MESSAGE TO STUDENTS OF FALL 2020:

YOU WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING SESSIONS IN A PROJECT BASED LEARNING COURSE DESIGNED UNDER A SPECIFIC THEME. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE LEARNING TARGETS IN EACH SESSION BEFORE MOVING TO THE NEXT. ALL TWELVE INTERCONNECTED SESSIONS WILL BE INTERCONNECTED LEADING TO THE FINAL PROJECT. - ASHOK OJHA, YHS PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

ASHOK OJHA, PRESIDENT, Program Director, YHS ONLINE Hindi Language and Culture Program 2020

Ashok Ojha is a New Jersey based journalist and teacher, where he manages two non-profit organizations, Yuva Hindi Sansthan and Hindi Sangam Foundation, both dedicated to promotion of Hindi language in USA and beyond. Well-versed in national standards and best practices in curriculum instruction appropriate for US schools, Ashok is a K-12 certified teacher for social studies.

SANJYOT TATKE, MASTER TEACHER AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Sanjyot Tatke, an experienced Hindi teacher, has been associated with STARTALK students programs since 2011. After receiving STARTALK Teachers Training at Kean University she served as an instructor at YHS STARTALK since 2011 and SANGAM-FRANKLIN STARTALK programs. Sanjyot is a team player who coordinates professional development workshops for all teachers and collaborate for developing classroom material including activities and worksheets for students in the target language. In the past years Sanjyot attended a number of STARTALK conferences and workshops where she learned new teaching strategies to share with her team. In 2019 she led a team of instructors at the STARTALK regional workshop at College Park, MD. Sanjyot is also serving as the Treasurer, Yuva Hindi Sansthan.

SANDHYA BHAGAT, MASTER TEACHER AND SENIOR INSTRUCTOR

Sandhya Bhagat is a Master Teacher of Hindi who has so far taught at 16 STARTALK students' programs held in Atlanta, Delaware, Lansdale, PA and Franklin Township, NJ. She has been associated with Yuva Hindi Sansthan since 2014 and with SANGAM-FRANKLIN STARTALK programs since 2016. Her forte is theatrical activities for Hindi learners. She uses interactive methods, such as, role play, modeling, remodeling, and enactments in her teaching. She directs her own theater group called, “Dhoop Chhaon" (Sun Shade) in Atlanta, GA and writes poetry and stage plays.

SHEEMA VASHISHT, INSTRUCTOR

Seema Vashisht is an experienced teacher of Hindi. In 2019 she joined YHS STARTALK Hindi Program in North Wales, PA and SANGAM-FRANKLIN STARTALK HINDI PROGRAM, Franklin Township, NJ. " As a teacher I helped young learners engage in varieties of performance activities in the three modes of communication. As I helped improve their proficiency in Hindi I learned to modify my teaching strategies”, she says. She effectively applies the STARTALK principles and ACTFL guidelines in her classroom teaching.

ANJU RAI, INSTRUCTOR

Anju Rai joined Sangam-Franklin STARTALK HINDI Program in 2019 as an instructor for heritage learners, grades 5-8. She easily develops close bond with her co-teachers and a productive relationship with her students. She says, “I design activities that engage learners in the class as they produce new language. I take extra care providing differentiated teaching for needy students.

My strategies for effective teaching are based on STARTALK sponsored principles. I provide comprehensible input in Hindi and move on to guiding students through varieties of activities in the three modes of communication. While engaging my students in performance activities I keep in mind to provide information in chunks, scaffold language input and move on to Gradual Release of Responsibility.” Anju received her teachers training at Kean University in 2015.

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