Koul O.N. Intensive Course in Sanskrit

Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 2006. — 583 p.This Intensive course in Sanskrit is designed for a three months course using the structural method. Different structures of Sanskrit are graded on the basis of their complexity from simple to complex. The structures of Sanskrit have to be memorized through the drills and exercises given at the end of each lesson. Lessons are given mostly in the conversational form. This makes learners easy to learn Sanskrit. Teaching of Sanskrit involves the principles of Second language teaching, structures may be taught either through the Direct method or Grammar translation method. Drills and Exercises contained in the lessons are the essential components of teaching. It is hoped that with this methodology, it may not be difficult to learn the Sanskrit language.