CCCL Hexaware: Santosh (Telugu)

From Cmi Spark

This article is about a child at the CCCL Hexaware construction site who is being assisted/taught by the members of CMI Spark

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Basic information 1.2 Educational background 2 Knowledge state 2.1 Native language 2.2 English 2.3 Mathematics 3 Desire to learn 3.1 Areas 3.2 Time-slots 4 Interaction so far 4.1 Interactions on 28th January 4.2 Interaction on 4th Febraury

Profile

Basic information

• Name: Santosh
• Gender: Male
• Age: 6 years (approx?)
• Mother: Manga
• Father: Lakshman
• Brother: Narayana Rao
• Native place: Parvathipuram
• Native language: Telugu

Educational background

• Studied in: A (Telugu-medium) government school at Paravathipuram (Bobbilli) (same as his brother)
• Studied upto: Class 1 (left in the middle of Class 1)

Knowledge state

Native language

In knowledge of Telugu, he seems to be somewhere around Level 0 to Level 1 as per this gradation. He was taught the Telugu alphabets but has forgotten them due to the lapse in time.

English

He has no knowledge of English (Level 0).

Mathematics

• Reciting numbers from 1 to 100 in Telugu
• Can do counting and simple arithmetic on fingers

Desire to learn

Areas

• Telugu: Learning alphabets (proceeding to Level 1)
• English: No explicit interest, but seemed to implicitly be interested
• Mathematics: Interested

Time-slots

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Interaction so far

Interactions on 28th January

Ravitej interacted with Santosh on 28th January, and collected the information provided above. Check out CCCL Hexaware: first interaction with kids: by Ravitej.

Interaction on 4th Febraury

He initially wrote down the numbers till 50. Later, I asked wrote down the vowels of Telugu Alphabets which I asked to practice. Then, he was present for the Jayanth's session on Basic English.