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Language Study
The South Asia Council houses a growing program in South Asian languages for undergraduate and graduate students. Currently, we offer instruction in two languages – Hindi and Sanskrit. Students can satisfy their Language requirements at Yale by taking any of these languages.
If there are South Asian languages you want to learn, but don’t see offered at Yale, contact us! We can help you find a teacher through the Center for Language Studies, or a summer program where your needs will be met. We also maintain a database of intensive Summer Language programs for South Asian Languages in South Asia and the US.
We can offer some support for summer language programs. Please contact us for more information.
contact:
Swapna Sharma
South Asian Languages Program - Senior Lector 1 in South Asia Studies
203-432-9341
Language Lectors
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Swapna Sharma Language Program Director - Senior Lector 1 in South Asia Studies 34 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511-8936 swapna.sharma@yale.edu Website |
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Aleksandar Uskokov Lector I South Asia Studies 34 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511-8936 aleksandar.uskokov@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-1972 |
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Mansi Bajaj |
Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant
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Kritika Dhyani FLTA Hindi 34 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511-8936 kritika.dhyani@yale.edu |
Shared Course Initiative
Columbia, Cornell, and Yale, through a collaborative arrangement to share less commonly taught languages, offer several languages that are not otherwise taught on our campuses via videoconferencing from a partner institution. These are not “online” computer-based courses. The courses are taught ‘live’ by an instructor at the sending institution, and students at the receiving institution will be expected to attend a regular class in a designated classroom which is outfitted with videoconferencing technology. At the receiving end, students will see the teacher and be able to interact via videoconference with him/her and the other class of students.
For further information on the Shared Course Initiative, please visit https://cls.yale.edu/shared-course-initiative.
This academic year, we offer several languages through the South Asia Studies Council:
Punjabi
Elementary MW 6.10-8.00
Intermediate TTh 6.10-8.00
Sinhala (sent from Cornell)
Elementary Sinhala I HTBA
Intermediate Sinhala I HTBA
Classical Tibetan (sent from Columbia)
Elementary MW 4.10-6.00
Intermediate MW 4.10-6.00
Modern Tibetan (sent from Columbia)
Elementary MTWTh 12.00-12.50
Intermediate MTW 4.10-5.25
Advanced Modern Tibetan I TTh 4.10-5.25
Tamil (sent from Columbia)
Elementary MTWTh 1:10-2:00