ONE OF THE FOUR DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES RECOGNIZED BY THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION OF 1950 AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE COUNTRY, TELUGU IS SPOKEN BY 42 MILLION PEOPLE IN ANDHRA PRADESH. THESE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE DESIGNED FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STUDENT OF TELUGU AND ARE DIVIDED INTO NEWSPAPER READINGS AND DIALOGUES OF EVERYDAY CONVERSATION. SUBJECTS…

THESE READINGS ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSES DEALING WITH INDIA, ESPECIALLY THOSE USING THE "CIVILIZATION OF INDIA SYLLABUS" (BY THE SAME EDITOR AND PUBLISHERS, SEPTEMBER 1965). VOLUME I CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SELECTIONS--(1) "VEDIC AND UPANISADIC BASES OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION," BY J.A.B. VAN BUITENEN, (2)…

The translator selected six short stories by modern Indian writers and compiled them as a reader for advanced students of Hindi and Area Studies. The Hindi text on the right-hand page is translated into English on the left. The stories were selected to include vignettes of urban and rural life and characters from both middle and lower class…

This collection of articles from Indian newspapers is designed for use in the secondary classroom to assist with the study of India. There are 12 categories of articles: (1) Women: Like Avis, #2 But Trying Harder; (2) Calcutta: City of Joy; (3) India: Feeling Its Curry; (4) Us & Them: Misunderstandings; (5) Those Monsoon Showers May Come Your…

This reader is designed for adult learners of Marathi at the intermediate level. Many of the passages are in the form of conversations. They concern topics pertinent to Maharashtra culture and the everyday life of the people, such as recreational outings, professional life, marriage and the family, education, entertainment, weather and seasons,…

A field experiment conducted to make a comparative study of two adult literacy primers indicated that if two comparable groups of adults are subjected to a literacy training course using the two different primers for an equal period of time, there is no significant difference between the literacy attainment level of the two groups. (TA)

A survey course syllabus of Asian philosophy is presented. For each period of dates in the semester course, a reading assignment was made, discussion topics and questions proposed, and supplementary readings and sources suggested. The course focused on Indian philosophy, Buddhism and Hinduism, and Chinese philosophy, specifically Confucian…

The 13 stories in this collection were selected on the basis of their readability for beginning students of Oriya. This collection and its companion glossary form the first part of the series of materials designed to follow "Basic Lessons in Oriya" and "The Oriya Writing System." The order in which the stories are presented is…

Describes the development and evaluation of new classroom materials, including a Class 1 textbook, teacher textbook, and eight supplementary readers, designed to teach children in India to read and write in Telugu. Notes that in schools using the new materials, children showed significant learning gains, and teachers and parents were highly…

This collection of eight short stories is intended to follow the text "Graded Readings in Oriya" in the Oriya Language Textbook Series. The following volume is a glossary which accompanies this collection. Three of the stories, however, are not glossed. The order in which the stories are presented is determined on the basis of each…

This glossary to the text "Oriya Short Stories" in the Oriya Language Textbook Series is intended to serve as a stimulus to the student to help him further develop his vocabulary range. The serial arrangement of the glosses provides vocabulary clues for each of the stories in the order in which the stories are arranged in the series.…