Hindi textbooks and learning resources - elementary to advanced

[Usha]

I wondered wether there are any dvds about learning Hindi ? ( a Hindi course on dvd ) 

[los angeles]

^ No idea, hopefully someone will post some helpful answer Usha.
I went to Hindi school for reading/writing when I was little every weekend in Los Angeles, but of course I immediately forgot all of what we learned when we finished. So now I am trying to go back and re-learn the basic Hindi scripting skills using some links James sent me on Facebook. This is very challenging! I have been practicing words all day and my Hindi handwriting is terrible plus I keep messing up the conjunct business with "n" and "r" sound I will keep at this though, it's positively disgraceful how dreadful my Hindi reading comprehension abilities are. I must improve!!

[Jeffers]

Just wanted to share this link.  It's a program of University of Texas, Austin and Rupert Snell is part of this program!  I haven't done too much exploring of the website but it looks like they have some good resources.  Enjoy!

http://www.hindiurduflagship.com/

I went to this!  It is awesome!  The best part is a set of support podcasts for TYH, voiced by Rupert Snell himself!  There is a podcast for each chapter up to 11 (at the time of writing this).  New chapters have been released from time to time.

The pronunciation of the girl on the podcasts is a bit non-standard, but not really a problem.  You have to deal with variation in real life anyway.

[Jeffers]

Just found this website, with a load of videos.  Most helpfully, they have transcripts in English and Hindi!  Real life Hindi to practice with, and the first couple sections are about Bollywood.

http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/culturetalk/india/

There is also a section with audio dictations, ranging from a few words, to a whole page.  There are audio files, and transcripts to check yourself with.  Should be good for beginners to advanced to improve comprehension.  Again, the transcripts are in Hindi with an English translation.

http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/hindi/dictations/index.html

There are other useful things on the website, but I thought these two would be of most immediate use to learners here.

[chinchinchu]

Those sound great, Jeffers. Thanks! I really like A Door into Hindi, too, but after getting to the point where some of the videos and lessons hadn't been made yet, I got frustrated. Maybe their grant ran out or something.

[James]

Has anyone else seen or used this website: http://hindilanguage.info/index.php ?

I've only skimmed it, but it seems to be an excellent outline of Hindi grammar. I was impressed by what I looked at. Seems like a great free resource.

ETA: It seems to be the work of an enthusiast, but still looks good.

[Vinita]

A non-Indian friend of mine wants to teach her adopted, Indian son Hindi.  He is about seven years old.  What, if any, resources can you recommend?

[Bollyphan]

Those at the beginner and intermediate levels who are looking to build their Hindi vocabularies might like the site Digital Dialects–Hindi. Free interactive learning games, most with audio.

Apologies if this has been previously posted.

[omlick]

A non-Indian friend of mine wants to teach her adopted, Indian son Hindi.  He is about seven years old.  What, if any, resources can you recommend?

I would use Rosetta Stone with a small kid like that, plus exposure to lots of Hindi TV and films.  Especially animation for kids.  I might also get the kid a tutor to teach the hindi script as well, but at that age kids really pick up by immersion of any kind.

[madil]

Has anyone here used Hindipod101.com?
http://www.hindipod101.com/

If you have, I would be interested to hear how you got on with it and whether it was worth the monthly fee.

[Shannon]

I have been using Elementary Hindi with the matching workbook by Delacy/Joshi. It starts from the beginning and assumes you do not know Devangari. That is taught slowly in the first chapters. The exercises have helped to cement the knowledge in my head. I learn much better if I have plenty of exercises to do with the reading. The CD that comes with the book helps with the pronounciation. Supposedly you are to do one chapter a week but for a new learner that is unrealistic. I just go through the chapter until I feel like I understand the concepts well. I would recommend this set highly.