The Founder President of Bhasha Bharati
Dr. Vishwanath Mishra: an introduction
Dr. Vishwanath Mishra, a retired Professor of Banaras
Hindu University, is an eminent linguist and a renowned Hindi scholar. Prof. Vishwanath
Mishra taught Hindi to foreign students for thirty years at Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi, as he was the In Charge of the Hindi Teaching Programme
in the Department of Hindi. Dr. Mishra has innovated a technique of learning a
language in the shortest possible time, which was presented in the Annual
Conference of University of Wisconsin, USA in 1991 followed by many
International forums. His Innovative Technique earned much appreciation from
eminent scholars, linguists and language teachers in abroad and in the country.
For Parliamentarians he especially designed a Short-Term Hindi Course. A large
number of Hon’ble Members of Parliament representing non-Hindi speaking
constituencies have been greatly benefited by him in learning our National Language.
Among the illustrious
persons who are benefited by learning Hindi under Dr. Mishra include:
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1. Mr. K.R.Narayanan |
The former President of India |
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2. Late. G.M.C.Balyogi |
The former Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha |
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3. Mr. Ananth Kumar |
Union Minister for Urban Development & PA |
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4. Mr. Ch.Vidyasagar Rao |
State Minister for Commerce, Govt. of India |
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5. Mr. Pon. Radhakrishnan |
State Minister for Urban Development & PA |
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6. Mr. K.Yerrannaidu |
Leader of Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party |
Many other Members Parliament and VIPs
from non-Hindi states of India
Experiments and
achievements
Linguistics is a science of language. As a linguist Dr. Vishwanath Mishra made a series of experiments to develop his Innovative Technique of learning a language in a shortest possible time.
Innovation of a New
Teaching Technique
Eight week Intensive Hindi
Course: Proficiency Level
Three months intensive
Hindi Course
One week Spoken Hindi
Crash Course (for Japanese Tourist)
Eight months
Hindi Course for a Diplomat Trainee
Innovated a new technique of
teaching a foreign language in 30 hours at communication level
30
hours Spoken Hindi Course and the hypothesis of the innovative technique was
presented to a conference round table in the 20th Annual Conference
on South Asia which was held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA on Nov. 1st,
2nd and 3rd, 1991. Over 500 scholars, linguists and
language teachers from all over the world participated in what has become one
of the USA’s most important annual South Asian events. To illustrate the
teaching technique a videotape was presented showing step by step progress in
spoken Hindi of a German tourist in Varanasi, Ulrich Westerfolke.
Eight Week Intensive Hindi
Course: Proficiency level
Dr.
Mishra experimented his 8 Week Intensive Hindi Course on Ms. Birte Stösser a
German girl of Heidelberg University, Germany, who joined his course on 19th
July, 1993. She was just a beginner of Hindi and could not speak or write a
simple sentence of Hindi on the first day of joining the course. After 8 weeks
of Hindi course of Dr. Mishra on 11th Sept. 1993 she graced the
meeting of Rotary (International) Club, Banaras as the Chief Guest. To the
utter surprise of Rotary members she addressed the meeting in Hindi. She spoke
on “Women life in Germany” in Hindi and replied various questions of members
very confidently. This unbelievable event was recorded by a video camera.
University of Heidelberg rewarded two semester’s jump to Ms. Birte Stösser for
such a big achievement. It followed a number of students of Heidelberg
University, who utilized their vacation to visit India, joined Dr. Mishra’s
Hindi course and returned home attaining proficiency in Hindi at all the four
skills of language learning.
Three months Intensive Hindi
Course
6 hours per day
for three months
Learner 1: Takebayashi Yuri, a Japanese national
September-November,
1997
She was
appointed as a Hindi announcer in the overseas broadcasting programme of Radio
Japan.
Learner 2: Ozaki Rie, a Japanese national
September-November,
1997
She got the best
actress award in a Hindi stage play “ Pyar kaise hota hai” at Varanasi.
One week Spoken Hindi Crash Course (for Japanese Tourists)
6 hours per day
for 7 days (40 hours)
Learner: Yukari Yamada, Attaché, Embassy of Japan,
New Delhi
December 26,
1998-January 3, 1999 (two days off)
Presented before
the Press on 5-1-1999 in New Delhi.
Eight months Hindi Course for
a Diplomat Trainee
3 hours per day
for 6 days a week
Diplomat
Trainee: Mr. Okawa Shinsuke, Embassy of
Japan, New Delhi
August
1999-March 2000
Achievement: He
achieved native like proficiency in all the four language skills. He acquired a
good knowledge of political Scenario of India. He obtained the level of a Hindi
journalist who could take interview of a politician / leader and discuss any
political issue in Hindi.
20 days Hindi Shiksha Varga
Dr.
Mishra successfully conducted a 20 days Hindi Shiksha Varga (20 days
Hindi Teaching Programme) for MPs and VIPs of Tamil Nadu, a non-Hindi speaking
state, from July 13 to August 3, 2000 at National Museum Institute Janpath, New
Delhi. The Closing Ceremony was graced by Shri . Ananth Kumar, Hon’ble Union
Minister for Culture and Tourism, Shri. O. Rajgopal Hon’ble Union Minister of
State for Parliamentary Affairs and Railways and Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthi,
Hon’ble President, BJP, Tamil Nadu. On this occasion the learners of Tamil Nadu
gave a wonderful performance in Hindi. To the utter surprise of the audience,
four of the learners delivered speech in Hindi narrating their experiences of
learning Hindi. The recitation of a Hindi poem written by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee by
a Tamil Nadu learner cheered the audience. The enthusiasm of learners for Hindi
was worth to be marked. Only in 20 days, starting from zero to learn Hindi at
all the four language skills i.e. Listening-understanding, speaking, reading
and writing was a great achievement of learners of Tamil Nadu, which attracted
a lot of appreciation from the dais and the audience. It was the burning
example of the Result-oriented Teaching Technique of Dr. Mishra.