An intensive course in Assamese: dialogues, drills, exercises, vocabulary, and grammar

Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1980. - xxv, 1068 p.Интенсивный курс ассамского языка на английском. Качество скана не очень хорошее.Introduction
Language learning is a very complex activity. Its success is largely determined by the method, medium, material and the motivation of the learner. The highly organised curriculum and planning show the way to achieve the educational goal with ease and rapidity.
The present Intensive Course emphasises the listening and speaking profeciency of the learners of the Standard Colloquial Assamese in the basic course stage of the Regional Language Training Programme of Central Institute of Indian Languages. This is a companion to other volumes such as the Phonetic Reader, the Script Book, the Hindi Assamese Common Vocabulary and several other reading and writing materials envisaged by the Central Institute of Indian Languages.
The Assamese language training programme of Central Institute of Indian Languages is of the duration of 10 months which comprises of 1100 clock hours. The Basic Course has about 450 clock hours of instruction with primary emphasis on the spoken language. The present Intensive Course covets 300 hours of intensive instruction in the basic course stage. While preparing this, a sequence of four basic steps, namely presentation, explanation, repetition and transfer has been followed, and the following main and sub-objectives as set out by Central Institute of Indian Languages for the basic courses in different Indian Languages have been kept in view.