This episode is for two audiences at once. If you are studying anything in Kerala, you need to understand what is being said around you. If you are teaching anything here — a language, a subject, a skill, a workshop — you need to run a room in a way that works here. The vocabulary serves both. THE INSTITUTIONS, because the ladder has its own names അങ്കണവാടി (anganavaadi) the government pre-school and nutrition centre, in almost every village എൽ പി സ്കൂൾ lower primary · യു പി upper primary · ഹൈസ്കൂൾ · ഹയർ സെക്കൻഡറി the plus-one and plus-two years ക്ലാസ്സ്മുറി (klaassmuri) classroom · പരീക്ഷ (pareeksha) examination — a word that carries real weight in Kerala പാഠപുസ്തകം textbook · പാഠം lesson · അധ്യായം chapter നോട്ട്സ് — notes, and every Kerala student's most treasured possession THE PEOPLE അധ്യാപകൻ a male teacher · അധ്യാപിക a female teacher — but in speech, almost universally ടീച്ചർ for a woman and സാർ for a man. And these are permanent titles. A person who taught you at seven is ടീച്ചർ for life, and you stand up when they enter a room, at any age. വിദ്യാർത്ഥി student · കുട്ടികൾ the children, what a teacher calls a class of any age up to about eighteen രക്ഷിതാവ് guardian or parent, in the school context പി ടി എ the parent-teacher association — in Kerala an active and sometimes formidable body THE CLASSROOM LANGUAGE, both sides ഇരിക്കൂ sit down · എഴുന്നേൽക്കൂ stand up · ശബ്ദമുണ്ടാക്കരുത് quiet And "ഗുഡ് മോർണിംഗ്, കുട്ടികളേ" — yes, that mixture is exactly what happens. Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.