Jayashree Jagannatha

Really excited to start with my new teacher!

Really excited to start with my new teacher!

Jayashree has rapidly transformed my Kannada from close to absolute zero to beginning to form and understand sentences in different tenses and moods within a handful of sessions. This has been a particular relief, as the resources available for Kannada as an English speaker are not nearly as rich as with many other languages. She's encouraging and, despite her extensive experience in teaching, still has patience for the numerous questions of a curious beginner. I look forward to continuing my Kannada journey with her.

Another interesting class with Jayashee studying a poem (kavana/kavita) in Kannada, great vocabulary learnt from it that I will try to memorize. I love how Jayashree clarifies the spelling of Kannada words and helps providing clear explanations when I am confused with very similar words, with patience. She is also very encouraging when I get the translation of a word right 😊 Thank you so much Teacher!

An interesting introductory lesson which leave me wanting to learn more.

Fantastic class again with Jayashree after some time, great to catch up in Kannada, I love her way of teacher all the small nuances of the language, and how it is used by local people. She leaves her students the space to try using new ways of saying things (even when it ends up being a little messy 😊) and she gives the corrections and clarifications for them to hopefully do better next time. Having fun anyway speaking in Kannada, even when I sometimes have to translate a word or two from Hindi (my Hindi teachers complain that I have more Kannada words coming to my head when speaking Hindi so 50/50). This is a delightful language and I can’t have enough of it, and learning about all the little secrets it has to offer !