After two hundred classes the risk is that you have heard a great deal and built no system. This class is a plan. Six months, specified month by month, with an honest target: not fluency, but daily life in Malayalam. Month one is sound and the whole script, month two the core structural words, month three real conversations and finding your one Malayalam-speaking person, month four the grammar that matters most, month five your own domains, and month six consolidation and honest self-testing. Words and phrases in this class: എനിക്ക് മലയാളം പഠിക്കണം (enikku malayaalam padikkanam) – I want to learn Malayalam എന്നോട് മലയാളത്തിൽ സംസാരിക്കാമോ? (ennodu malayaalathil samsaarikkaamo?) – could you speak to me in Malayalam? എനിക്ക് (enikku) – to me, for me എന്നോട് (ennodu) – to me (when speaking with me) മലയാളം (malayaalam) – the Malayalam language മലയാളത്തിൽ (malayaalathil) – in Malayalam പഠിക്കണം (padikkanam) – need to learn സംസാരിക്കാമോ? (samsaarikkaamo?) – could you speak? ഉണ്ട് (undu) – there is, it exists ഇല്ല (illa) – there is not ആണ് (aanu) – is (identity) അല്ല (alla) – is not (identity) In this class: • Month one: shadowing, the sound contrasts and the whole script • Months two and three: the core words, then three short conversations a day • Month four: the grammar that matters most, and one film scene done properly • Months five and six: your own domains, then drills, error clinics and honest scoring Quizzes below. Dr. Reshmi R Nair — SpeakMalayalam.