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Hindi in a Flash Kit Volume 1 (Tuttle Flash Cards) (Hindi Edition)

Flashcards are a standard part of learning, especially language learning.  Put the language you are learning on one side, and the language that you know on the other.  I am sure all of you have a stack of Hindi/English flashcards that you have made, just as I do.  Just recently, there is another option.  You can buy 448 flashcards in a package called “Hindi in a flash” volume 1. 

Why not make your own?  Well, when you are first learning a language that has a different script that you are not familiar with, it is possible to make mistakes in writing these words.  When you study with these, you will be learning your mistake.  Having a professional set of flashcards can prevent this.

However, Hindi in a flash has a number of other features that make them particularly useful.  It provides transliterations of each word to help you remember the pronunciation.  This is very useful if you are just learning the script.  Also, along with each work is provided 4 related words.  These could be words that mean the same thing, or look/sound similar but mean something else.  These related words can also be opposite or complimantary words.  And with each main word is a sample sentence showing how that word is used.  I highly recommend “Hindi in a flash – volume 1″.

Please buy it through this link so that you also support the ISpeakHindi.com site as well.

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Thanks for coming to ISpeakHindi.com.  I was just listening to “Hind Conversation” by Rupert Snell.  And it is the best introduction to conversational Hindi that  I have found.  I wanted to tell you a little bit about it.

First, I want to make sure you know what I am talking about.  Rupert Snell has published several materials in the Teach Yourself series.  His “Teach Yourself Hindi” is probably the best known.  It is the one that contains a book that covers most of the Hindi grammar from beginning level to advance.  It comes with two CDs.  When I talk to people about the Hindi Conversation set, I think sometimes people get it confused with the “Teach Yourself Hindi” set. 

The Hindi Conversation set is different.  It is just 3 CDs with a small booklet.  It is meant to teach you in an audio format.

Hindi Conversation by Rupert Snell teaches conversational Hindi from beginning level.   If you are just learning Hindi and are interested in just learning to speak it, then this is definitely the best investment that you could make.

What makes it good?

First off, it starts very slowly, with basic conversations and a lot of repeats.  Here is a clip from the first conversation:

It is centered around a story about two couples meeting each other and contains a lot of realistic conversation materials which I can see myself using.  The story is funny and engaging.  This maintains your interest through out the CD.  There are parts of it that my 10 year old son breaks out laughing about.  It is that good.

Vocabulary is covered in easy to remember chunks and in the context of listening to a particular conversation.  For example listen to this: <track2>

Grammar is covered in small doses throughout the 3 CD set allowing for it to be absorbed at a rate that is achievable for the beginner Hindi student.

The third CD contains a lot more advance conversations meant to give you practice listening to the gist of a conversation.

If you are just learning Hindi, the I would definitely recommend you checking out Hindi Conversation.  There is a link in the associated written text that you can use to buy it from Amazon.com.  Using this link will also support the site.