TOTAL: 75 hours (60+15)

1. VOCABULARY & SENTENCE DEVELOPMENT: (20 hours)

Word categories from Sri.T.M. Ramarai’s “Nuutana Cadur BhaaShaa Vallari”:

• Pronouns
• Humans
• Professionals
• Body parts
• Homes
• Schools etc.
• Animals and birds
• Colours
• Periods of time
• Actions
• Using select words in sentences with verbs in different tenses.

2. SAURASHTRI LITERATURE: (20 hours)

 a) POEMS (10 hours)

• Kurukku Subbaarya — kiirtano
• Venkata Suri — kiirtano
• T.M. Ramarai — “Niiti Sambu” (select stanzas)
• K.V. Padmanabaiyyar — Bhagavad Gita (one chapter)
• Kasin Anandam — “Pandavun Kheto”

b) PROSE & DRAMA (10 hours)

• T.M. Rama Rai — excerpt from “Vacana Ramayana Sankshepu”.
• Saroja Sundararajan — nhan kheni
• M.S. Ramani — “Dii Gaam Dhikkares” — naac (drama from “Aasto”)
• Surya Gnaneswar — “Bindula Kheni” (Madurai Sargu)
• V.N. Samy — Excerpt from a translation of “Swatantra Porattathil Saurashtriyargal”.

3. DESCRIPTIVE & NARRATIVE WRITING: (20 hours)

Writing about personal experiences: e.g.

• Your family
• Native town/village
• School where studied
• Best friend
• Favorite hobby
• A friend’s wedding etc.

Narrating events: e.g.

• First day at school/college
• Birthday celebration
• Diwali celebration
• Brief story of a movie
• A feast you hosted
• A memorable tour

Writing all these in Saurashtri language and script.

4. ORAL, WRITING PRACTICE AND TESTING –TWO INTERNAL TESTS AND THE FINAL EXAM. (12 hours)

TOTAL NO. OF HOURS ALLOTTED FOR THE DIPLOMA COURSE:   60+ 15 = 75 hours.