Studies in language and literature
IB Hindi A: Language and Literature SL and HL
22 lessons at SL. 25 at HL, with every HL-only topic. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.
- Units
- 5
- SL lessons
- 22
- HL lessons
- 25
- Questions
- 183
- Key terms
- 109
What you will study
Every lesson follows the current IB guide. Lessons marked HL are in the HL course only. The first unit is free.
Non-literary texts (साहित्येतर पाठ)6 lessons · free
- Text and contextText types, audience and purpose
- Text and contextRegister: आप, तुम, तू and the Hindi-speaking world
- RhetoricPersuasion: questions, commands and repetition
- RhetoricImagery: upama, rupak and the power of words
- RhetoricSound and contrast: anupras, yamak, shlesh and irony
- Visual textsVisual texts: image, script and layout
Literary forms and the Hindi tradition (विधाएँ और काल)4 lessons
- PoetryPoetry: matra, doha, chaupai, rasa and free verse
- NarrativeNarrative: the novel, the short story and the narrator
- DramaDrama: from the Natyashastra and Bharatendu to Mohan Rakesh
- PeriodsPeriods and movements: from Adikal to today
Areas of exploration and concepts (अन्वेषण के क्षेत्र और अवधारणाएँ)5 lessons
- Course overviewThe course, the reading list and works in translation
- Areas of explorationReaders, writers and texts; time and space
- Areas of explorationIntertextuality: connecting texts
- ConceptsIdentity, culture, creativity and communication
- ConceptsPerspective, transformation and representation
Paper 1: guided textual analysis (निर्देशित पाठ-विश्लेषण)3 SL · 4 HL lessons
- Paper 1Paper 1 at a glance
- Paper 1Planning and writing the analysis
- Paper 1Practice: an unseen appeal
- Paper 1HL Paper 1: two texts, two analysesHL
Paper 2, the individual oral and the HL essay4 SL · 6 HL lessons
- Paper 2Paper 2 at a glance
- Paper 2Comparing and structuring
- Individual oralThe individual oral
- Individual oralBuilding the oral
- HL essayThe HL essay: a line of inquiryHL
- HL essayWriting the HL essayHL
Try a question
From “Text types, audience and purpose”.
Questions are in Hindi, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.
साहित्येतर पाठों के अध्ययन में "पाठ-समूह" क्या है?
Show the answer
A. एक ही लेखक या निर्माता के कई जुड़े हुए साहित्येतर पाठ
A body of work groups related non-literary texts by one author or producer, such as one brand’s campaign.
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