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| INTRODUCTION |
| Manasi: [Namaste hindipod101.com mein swagat hai] |
| Maya: Hi everyone and welcome to hindipod101.com, all about lesson 11. Useful Tools for Learning Hindi. |
| Manasi: Hello everybody, this is Manasi here. Namaste! |
| Maya: In this lesson, we have a great list of tools to help your Hindi studies. |
| Manasi: Yes we do. |
| Maya: These are tools that when put altogether are going to do wonders for your Hindi. |
| Manasi: And some of them will definitely save you a lot of time. |
| Maya: And what’s even better is that they are all free, free of charge and easily found on the internet. |
| Manasi: What could be better! |
Lesson focus |
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| Maya: Okay so let’s start with Google images. Google images is amazing. |
| Manasi: Now it probably wasn’t originally intended for language learning. |
| Maya: But it sure works great for it. Imagine seeing a word you don’t understand and just like typing it and being able to see a picture of it. |
| Manasi: Yes you can see all images there. |
| Maya: Let’s say you see or hear the word |
| Manasi: [murgi] |
| Maya: Just type that word in and you will see a picture of a |
| Manasi: Chicken but it’s not just limited to basic vocabulary. You can use it to find pictures for all aspects of daily life and society in the Hindi speaking world. |
| Maya: Google image search makes it possible. We learned every new thing at first sight by just looking at it. |
| Manasi: And you can find this link and all of the links we will mention in the accompanying PDF. So be sure to check it out. |
| Maya: But what if a learner wants to use a more conventional dictionary? |
| Manasi: Well they can and this tool is so good that it actually comes next on our list. |
| Maya: It is the hindienglishdictionary.org |
| Manasi: Hindienglishdictionary.org is an online multilingual dictionary that translates English to Hindi, Japanese to Hindi, German to Hindi and French to Hindi. |
| Maya: You can use this awesome dictionary all for free. |
| Manasi: Yes so definitely try this dictionary out. |
| Maya: You can also find a Hindi virtual keyboard. |
| Manasi: That means you can also write Hindi. |
| Maya: Don’t forget to put it on your bookmarks. You will probably be using it quite often. |
| Manasi: And next one is learn Hindi by watching videos on YouTube. |
| Maya: You can watch Hindi videos any time online. Simply search for Hindi lessons and lists from beginner level to advanced level and it will be in front of you. |
| Manasi: Another great thing about it is that there are several other kinds of Hindi videos. For example, Indian game shows, comedy shows and you can make your own customized list. |
| Maya: That’s correct. So do give it a try. |
| Manasi: And next, we have |
| Maya: Musicindiaonline.com |
| Manasi: This website is for people who want to learn Hindi through music. |
| Maya: Exactly. You can learn Hindi songs with categories such as old/classics or new Bollywood movie songs. |
| Manasi: I think this is so cool because learning through music is a fun and interesting way to learn Hindi. |
| Maya: Exactly. You can learn songs from all categories and genres. |
| Manasi: I think this is so cool because learning through music is a fun and interesting way to learn Hindi. |
| Maya: Yes I love music. What about you Maya? |
| Manasi: I love music too. Well last but not least is |
| Maya: Watching aajtak.intoday.in online |
| Manasi: Yes this is the online video site for one of India’s biggest news outlets. |
| Maya: I highly recommend you practice your Hindi listening because from this site, you will hear many kinds of accents from all walks of life. |
| Manasi: That’s great. |
| Maya: Absolutely. You choose to watch videos related to current affairs from this website. |
| Manasi: Now when you are studying a language, what’s really important for improving? |
| Maya: Practice. |
| Manasi: That’s right. So we hope you will take the advantage of these great tools and all they have to offer. |
| Maya: We’ve tried them and we know how good they are. So that’s why we are passing them on to you. |
| Manasi: Remember that the links for all these sites and programs can be found in the accompanying PDF file. |
| Maya: Let us know what you think about them too. |
| Manasi: If you have some other resources you would like to share, you can always stop by hindipod101.com and share them with the community. Not enough time, |
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Outro |
| Manasi: Until next time, [fir milenge] goodbye. |
| Maya: Goodbye. |
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