Marathi
Teacher: Smt. Pradnya Bal        Youth Teacher: Sammit Bal

​Namaste, 
I am your Marathi language teacher. Living in Allentown for 14 yrs now with my husband Sachin Bal and my wonderful fun loving boy Sammit. I work in the Healthcare industry in a very well-known organization in Lehigh Valley. 
This will be my 9th year teaching Marathi language at Balvihar, Allentown. For me it has been a great experience so far in teaching and learning both.
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A message to the parents:
To make your child's learning more fun and effective, I would suggest all parents to show interest and participate in their child's learning process. It is very important that parents ask the children what they did in class and revise what has been taught. Review and repeat every class at home with them.  Quiz them on what they have learnt and remind them to finish their homework. Talking to your child in the language they are learning at home in your day-to-day conversations can do wonders for a child's progress. This will be the biggest boost for the kids, since this is a new language for them and you will see measurable improvement.

Language curriculum - Beginners

• Alphabet recognition and writing *
  
• Colors and shapes
• Family relationships
• Days of the week
• Months of the year
• Body parts
• Animals
• Names of common fruits
• Names of common vegetable
• Number recognition
• Small conversation words
• Speaking small sentences
• Building up the vocabulary along with the alphabets taught  
• Numbers 1 to 20 *
  

Language curriculum - Intermediate
Reinforcing the skills learned in beginner class

• Introduction to compound vowels and consonants *
• Introduction to basic sentence construction and translation
• Introduction to basic grammar tenses genders and (singular and plural) *
• Introduction to antonyms and synonyms
• Introduction to vocabulary *
• Recite songs and poetry
• Numbers 21-50

Language curriculum - Advanced
Reinforcing skills learned in intermediate class

• Master sentence construction and transition-written and verbal
  
• Master compound consonants and compound vowels
  
• Read and write short stories
• Emphasize on conversational language
• Numbers 51-100

Language program Guidelines-

• Items marked with * are essential elements
• Every new student will be placed in the beginner language class
• At least two examinations will be held during one academic year
• The criteria to move up to the next level is …
• Students must spend 2 years in the beginner’s class and
• Must score at least 90% marks in the essential elements and
• Score at least 50% in other elements

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