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Telugu Badi
Telugu School, Austin .
contact TCA board at email@austintelugu.org
Telugu Badi is currently conducted
at Austin
Hindu Temple (AHT)
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Every
Sunday from
11 AM
-12
Noon.
at Mathnesium
(north) - Every Sunday from 3:30M to 4:30PM.
Please contact TeluguBadi at telugubadi@austintelugu.org
Goals
- Prepare our children to speak in conversational Telugu
- Improve their Telugu vocabulary
- Develop sufficient working knowledge in Telugu
Classes
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Will be conducted once in a month initially, may be extended to two classes per month later
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It will be a two hours class
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Initially there will be only one section. But the different levels of Telugu proficiency will be taken into consideration while teaching. Skills of senior students will be used while teaching the students
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If the response is good, another section will be added differentiating the levels of their exposure
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One or two more volunteers are needed as substitute teachers
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First hour in the class will be dedicated to learning Telugu words, numbers etc., and forming sentences. There will be quite a few conversational exercises. Learning medium will be English and there will be humorous English-Telugu skits for improving the vocabulary
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Next half an hour will be story telling, dedicated to learning about the culture, arts, geography, history etc. about India and Andhra Pradesh. There will be special invitees to talk about specific interesting topics. I am also planning to show some videos and movies covering interesting topics such as the Taj Mahal, Mahatma Gandhi, jungles and interesting places in India etc. on some special occasions
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The last half an hour will be dedicated to learning to write the Telugu alphabets. I want to see the level of interest from students in this area and expand the scope
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Minimum age for attending this class is five years
General
- Classes will start punctually on time and any tardiness or in-discipline will not be allowed, as it disturbs the whole class.
- Please understand that this Telugu school is NOT a place for baby-sitting and so be on time to pick up your children at the time announced.
- There will be no home work, but talking to the children at home about what they learnt in the class and making conversation in Telugu at home will speed up the learning process. The whole effort from me will be a waste, if the parents don't support the activity at home.
- Every student must bring a spiral notebook, a binder and a pencil or pen to write.
- Every year at the Sankranti or Ugadi cultural programs, there will be a graduation ceremony and certificates will be awarded to the successful students.
- Though we try to maintain a very safe environment in the school, either the teacher or TCA is NOT responsible for any unsafe activities practiced by students and the consequences thereof.
- will take attendance in each class. If your child is unable to attend a class for whatever reason, please let
us know at least a day in advance by telephone.
- Thanks and let us all participate in this effort to make our children interested in Telugu.
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