This practice group is for beginners working through Ashu ji's book, Pingu Learns Hindi. Great for absolute beginners to start here.

• Host: Jacky ji (UK) 

• When: Tuesdays at 4pm UTC 

This practice group is for beginners working through Delacy's book, Elementary Hindi. Great for absolute beginners to start here.

• Host: Sharon ji (Ontario, Canada)

• When: Thursdays at 4pm UTC (12pm Eastern Time)

This practice group is for beginners working through Ashu ji's book, Pingu Learns Hindi. Great for absolute beginners to start here.

• Host:  Lisa (EST)

• When: Thursday 7PM EST

Using free material produced by Pratham Books, India to encourage reading in children.  These children's stories are very helpful for us adult Hindi learners. The "emergent level" refers to the lowest reading level, designed for very early readers who are just beginning to learn to read, typically with simple sentences, lots of pictures, and familiar words, often featuring repetition to support comprehension.  They provide a great opportunity to learn to read, build to a fluency in script recognition, to listen to a native speaker audio, to build vocabulary and to 'see grammar in action' . If you are just starting your Hindi Journey this year, this is a good place to start.

• Hosts: Vena (EST)

• When: Mondays at 3pm UTC (7am Pacific Time, 10 am EST)

We have gone through the whole Pingu Learns Hindi (PLH) book but we will use the PLH topics for our sessions and build on it. Devanagari script will be used. Believing that one of the best ways for us to learn the language is by teaching others, we take turns to collaborate and facilitate each session. We encourage those who join us to do the same.

• Hosts: Scott ji & Jes ji

• When: Saturdays at 2am UTC (10am Philippine Time)

A follow up to PLH which will focus on specific "conversation scenarios". We will work together to come up with "things you'd want to be able to say in that context", and make practice conversations. We will practice together till we feel more comfortable speaking in that context. Along the way we'll cover new grammar when needed, useful adverbial constructions etc. However, this will be more of a collaborative effort.

• Host: Peter (USA)

• When: Wednesdays at 5pm UTC (1pm Eastern Time)

These are children's stories of up to 250 simple words, with repetition. We read from the Devanagari script, tackle complex conjuncts as and when we encounter them and listen to the audios to help with pronunciation. A great way to build up vocabulary and see grammar in action.

• Host: Himani, Raquel, and Eline

• When: Fridays at 10:00am UTC 

An advanced beginner to lower intermediate group working through the Usha Jain "Introduction to Hindi Grammar" book. Note: you need to be able to read Devanaagari.

• Hosts: Angela

• When: Please check in on Discord for timings as Angela jee has taken over hosting and will post re individual days and times as she can schedule.

⁠⁠Devanagari not required but helpful

During the practice session you will:
•⁠  ⁠watch the short videos of a few grammar points
•⁠  ⁠⁠practice the grammar points
•⁠  ⁠⁠practice 5-10 vocabulary words
HOSTS:  Trang and Austin
When: Please note the DAY is TIME ZONE dependent
Tuesdays:
•⁠  ⁠6 pm Honduras
•⁠  ⁠⁠8 PM US Eastern
•⁠  ⁠⁠9 pm Uruguay 

Wednesdays:
•⁠  ⁠5:30 AM India
•⁠  ⁠⁠7 AM Vietnam
•⁠  ⁠⁠8 AM Philippines 

We practice Hindi with all questions, comments, in Spanish. No English. After introductions, we practice using Snell's book, "Hindi Para Principiantes". We may also use Gloria ji's book, "Libro de Frases".

• Hosts: Carmen ji (Honduras), Kelly ji (Berkeley, US), & Anita ji (Michigan, US)

• When: Saturdays at 6pm UTC (11am Pacific Time)

•  A close look at one of Ashu-ji's videos - Beginner to Intermediate

• Host:  JayDee ji

• When: Friday 3pm EST

We start with brief introductions, go into breakout rooms based on approximate speaking level, then return to the big group to wrap up. To get an idea of your speaking level, see "Hindi Proficiency Guidelines". The only requirement is the spirit of Ashu ji's classes: patience, kindness, encouragement, and that it's OK to make mistakes to learn. And we love to have fun!

• Hosts: Claire ji (UK), Kelly ji (Berkeley, US), Mastram ji (Stockton, US), Anita ji (Michigan, US) , Shan

• When:
  Intermediate High/Advanced Saturday 5:30pm UTC (9:30am Pacific Time)
  Intermediate Low
  Sunday 5:30pm UTC (9:30am Pacific Time) 

Level 2 stories are up to 600 words and introduce simple concepts. At level 1, we usually did one story per week to give us plenty of time to review and take on board but we expect some Level 2 stories will take more than 1 week. We read from the Devanagari script, tackle complex conjuncts as and when we encounter them and listen to the audios to help with pronunciation. A great way to build up vocabulary and see grammar in action.

• Host: Sheila ji (UK)

• When: Mondays at 4:30pm UTC (4:30pm BST)

• Read our welcome document

➕ This session is currently FULL for 2025 , please consider joining Storyweaver Level 1

An hour set aside for Intermediate learners to go over and review different topics we are struggling with. We go over any topics related to grammar, speaking, listening and reading. There is no set curriculum and a lot of material will come from topics we’ve seen in other classes.

• Host: Shan

• When: Wednesdays 11am EST / 3pm UTC