What can I do every day to improve my Hindi skills?

Hindi was described as a standardised Hindustani language register, based mainly on the Delhi ‘Khariboli’ dialect and adjoining regions in the North of India. Hindi, written in the script of Devanagari, together with the English language is one of the government’s two official languages. The official language is in 9 States and 3 territories of the Union and is an additional official language in three more States. Hindi is one of the Republic of India’s 22 planned languages as well.

The Hindi language is classified under the FSI Category 4 of languages that compares significant linguistic and/or cultural differences from English. For a Hindi aspirant, it could take anything from 44 weeks (1100 hours) of training to 88 weeks of training with practice to be proficient in the language. 

Hindi finds its way in the category along with Armenian,  Bangla, Urdu, Turkish etc. And a world proven way to learn a language at its best is through language immersion. Which entails a student moving bag and baggage for a few months to the country that speaks the target language. In the case of Hindi, it’s primarily India! And one is likely to learn the language faster due to Hindi being spoken in a large part of India. Even states with local languages have people who speak Hindi as their second language. So, with so many speakers around to learn from you are likely to speed up your learning in a big way. 

To improve your skills in the Hindi language I suggest you follow the following few pointers

Listen to a lot of relevant audio resources that can help you understand the language and pick up on the way the words are spoken

Apart from this you could watch Bollywood movies with subtitles in your native language or English and vice versa to have a better grasp of the language

Post this you should also start reading simple Hindi articles or children books to begin with. This would improve your Hindi reading skills while you also register the way the script is written.

Once you have mastered these three I recommend you start speaking. And to achieve that I suggest you start reading children’s books to yourself in the mirror loudly without any apprehensions. Remember making mistakes is inevitable when you are learning a new language. So do not stop talking in Hindi out of fear of making mistakes or being embarrassed!

Once you have started recognising the words I recommend you start writing Hindi words with which you will practice writing in the Devanagari Script. 

Hindi might be a difficult language for you to learn if it bears no resemblance to your native language. However, that certainly does not mean, it is impossible to learn! With effort and time, you will be able to master the Hindi language soon. Try learning Hindi from Multibhashi. stay determined and stay on track. Let nothing discourage or deter you! With this, I wish you all the best in your learning!