Zabaan Language Institute

Zabaan Language Institute
Location
Kailash Colony[1]
New Delhi[1]
India
Coordinates 28°33′16″N 77°14′27″E / 28.554420°N 77.240718°E / 28.554420; 77.240718Coordinates: 28°33′16″N 77°14′27″E / 28.554420°N 77.240718°E / 28.554420; 77.240718
Information
Opened August 2009 (2009-08)[1]
Website zabaan.com

Zabaan Language Institute is an Delhi-based language school offering classes on Indic languages. Classes offered include Hindi,[2] Urdu,[3] Sanskrit,[1] and Pashto.[4] Some coverage of Dari, Persian, Arabic, and Braj Bhasha is also available.[5]

History

Zabaan was established in August 2009 by Ali Taqi and his former student Christoph Dusenbery, both United States citizens, who had been teaching Hindi in Seattle.[1] They saw a need for a quality language institute in New Delhi to cater to expatriates living there for work.[1] The initial business goal was to provide only Hindi language instruction starting with 25 students.[1] After some time the institute began offering classes in Urdu, Sanskrit, and Pashto.[1] The school offers classes on reading and writing Nastaliq, the Urdu alphabet.[3][6] The interest in Urdu matches a rising demand to understand Urdu use in Bollywood and to appreciate Urdu poetry.[6]

Student body

Zabaan Language Institute Neha Tiwari teaching David Advanced Hindi

Most students at the school are expatriates who wish to learn local languages of India.[2][7][8] Taqi has said that student interest in Hindi has grown with international interest in India.[9] Native professionals attend grammar classes of all sorts to prepare for the entrance exam for the Civil Services of India or to complement studies at the Indian Institutes of Technology.[10] By 2013 the school had provided instruction for more than 850 students.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rau, Rewati (3 July 2013), "Mind Your Language", India Today, retrieved 9 August 2016
  2. 1 2 Rana, Preetika (8 July 2013). "Namaste USA! Hindi Lessons a Hit Abroad". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Mahajan, Esha (11 May 2012). "Learn Urdu free of cost". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Shehnaz (2013). "Hewad Shalamkhel Khan, a native from Afghanistan teaching Pashto in Delhi By Shehnaz". web621.76.224.new.ocpwebserver.com. Anand Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Richa, Wadhera (October 24, 2013), Speaking of Languages - Zabaan, Little Black Book, retrieved 9 August 2016
  6. 1 2 Joshi, Vimal Chander (25 September 2012). "For love of Urdu language". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Day, Cath (3 March 2015), Cathy's experience learning Hindi in Delhi, Asia Options, retrieved 9 August 2016
  8. ↑ Grinsell-Jones, Jacqueline (14 March 2015), Jacqueline's experience - ANU Hindi study course in Delhi, Asia Options, retrieved 9 August 2016
  9. ↑ Acharjee, Sonali (4 November 2016). "Hindi As a Foreign Language". OPEN. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Zabaan India Courses: In the Acknowledgements, 22 May 2013, retrieved 9 August 2016
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