<p>Hi parents, I thought you might have some good advice on this. I am interested in learning some Hindi this Summer for various reasons, but no colleges in my area seem to offer any classes in it over the Summer. Do you guys have any advice on how I could find somewhere to learn it? I live in a suburb of Atlanta, by the way.</p>
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<p>There is a website dedicated to people learning languages on their own at Language</a> Learning Forum</p>
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<p>Check if there are any private language schools that offer it in your area. Here in Seattle one can take a non-college credit language class at the Seattle Language Academy. My D took an intensive summer language class at the Academy and really liked the fact that her group had only 6 students (vs. 30 at the University of Washington).</p>
<p>Immigrant communities sometimes offer their native language classes for the children born in the US to such immigrant parents or to second-generation adults who do not speak the langage of their parents fluently but want to "re-discover their roots".</p>
<p>Call around and see if this place is legit (I found it by Googling):</p>
<p>LANGUAGE</a> INSTITUTE OF ATLANTA, INC.: Foreign language classes & Translation</p>
<p>It seems to offer Hindi classes, but I'd ask for references.</p>
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<p>Check out Berlitz</a> Home</p>
<p>The classes are not cheap, but they will do everything in their power to find an instructor for any language that you want to learn. I teach English and Spanish for the local Berlitz branch and I really like the methodology (emphasis on speaking and listening to prepare you for real life situations) and the materials used for the commonly taught languages are great. I'm not familiar with the Hindi program, so I can't speak for the quality of the materials. If you want reading skills in Hindi (rather than speaking), Berlitz may not be a good choice for you.</p>
<p>Why not go on a study abroad program run by another college or independent organization?</p>
<p>The pimmsleur complete programs are great. I checked them out of the library...</p>
<p>Check out the state department's Critical Language Scholarship. The deadline is past now, but for the future: clscholarship.org. I applied for the Korea one. It's most expenses paid. Competitive, but worth a try.</p>
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<p>another thing you can use is LiveMocha. There is an article about it from the NY Times at <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17novel.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17novel.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin</a></p>
<p>Also meetup.com. Use</a> the Internet to get off the Internet! - Meetup.com
You can find people in your area who wish to speak Hindi and agree to meet to do so. Since Hindi is spoken by some Asian Indians, you might want to call your local India Community Center and find out if anyone tutors in Hindi.</p>