Description
Telugu, a beautiful Dravidian language from the south of India, ranks as the 17th most spoken language in the world with 96 million L1 + L2 speakers. However, as it is not very well known and not often studied outside of the Indian cultural sphere, you may not have heard of it ever before. If so, worry not: it makes you the perfect fit for this workshop (but also feel welcome if you know some Telugu or have heard of the language of course!). Within these 45 minutes, you will experience Telugu from a super-beginner student’s perspective, engaging with the language using three different learning styles. Which styles are those? The only giveaway is that this will not be traditional classroom study!
Anika Rettig has always been fascinated by the different scripts of languages, but for most of her life, she felt like learning a language was only possible in a traditional classroom setting. Faced with the challenge of learning her partner’s language Telugu, for the first time this approach didn’t work, which led her to research other options, and to eventually discover communication-based approaches like TPRS. She fell in love with this way of learning, leading her to experiment with it in different languages, attend seminars, explore its limits and eventually start teaching in this way to share her experience with others.
https://www.youtube.com/@anikaslanguages6292
This video was recorded at the Polyglot Gathering 2025: https://www.polyglotgathering.com.