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🗣️ Languages.

Hindi, Telugu and English alongside each other — multilingualism as an asset, not an afterthought. The Languages Impact Team owns Cambridge English as a Second Language, Hindi and Telugu spines, and our oracy-rich classroom culture.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

Tier 2 vocabulary spans languages; we deliberately teach the English academic words and their home-language equivalents side-by-side.

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserybig/small · happy/sadletter · sound
  • Bilingual nursery rhymes (Hindi/English)Code-switching in song.
LKGfamily · homealphabet · word
  • Goodnight Moon (Hindi edition) — Margaret Wise BrownFamiliar story, dual text.
UKGname · aroundvowel · consonant
  • My First Word Book · Telugu/EnglishPicture-led bilingual vocab.
Grade 1describe · tellmatra · sandhi (Hindi)
  • Panchatantra Tales · retoldIndian story heritage in English + home language.
Grade 2compare · translatenoun · verb
  • Stories from the Mahabharata · child editionCultural literacy with English support.
Grade 3retell · opinionadjective · tense
  • Stories of the Telugu NaduLocal heritage in print.
Grade 4summarise · justifyparagraph · connective
  • Bhimayana · Birsa Munda graphic editionIndia through graphic storytelling.
Grade 5analyse · compareregister · idiom
  • The Wildings — Nilanjana RoyIndian setting, sophisticated English.