Customer Reviews

Intermediate Hindi Reader (Hindi and English Edition)

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As usual another top notch book from Usha Jain. I now have all 3 of her books. I was very eager to receive this and it is an excellent reader that REALLY does make you feel like you are able to read in Hindi. It has all the words you shouldn't know yet right after the story for easy reference so you don't have to use a dictionary for everything. The words are in the order of appearance in the story. Being that this is an Intermediate level "READER" it is in script. If you want to learn some words that are truly helpful through being exposed to a wide variety of literature in Hindi, then this is the reader for you. Usha Jain you are bar none the best out there on Hindi Grammar and learning Hindi. Thank you!!!! Also about what the one reviewer said that gave this a 2 star rating...The books was updated for modern Indian society and she even makes reference to it in the beginning and *ALSO* the book does not need exercises. The reading and comprehension is the exercise! It is a READER not a grammar book. If you want to enjoy reading a wide varitey of literature in Hindi while learning over 1,000 extremely helpful vocabulary words, then this is the book for you A+++!!!!!!!

I have to give this book 4-5 stars, because there aren't really many other good 2nd year Hindi (as a second language) intermediate readers out there. If you have finished Shapiro's Primer for Modern Standard Hindi, you should be able to tackle this book with just a dictionary.

Yes the readings are outdated, but the hope is that as India rises as a world power, we will see more writers and teachers producing contemporary learning materials more appropriate for the age we live in. Until I see more material, I have to highly recommend this book. Anything Jain and Schomer do is top rate.

I only have praise for Usha R. Jain's books. This is by far my favorite (I now own all three and am veryyyy happy with all of them!). It provides great vocabulary on each section, and you can go through good examples of Hindi literature without having to flip through a dictionary. All the tough words are at the end of each excerpt. Good poems, articles, essays, short stories! I only wish that she would put something on there by more well-known Indian authors, not just herself and Gandhi. Although she does have some, she should have put more ( I realize, however, that it is difficult to find texts for intermediate students). A fantastic reader!