My name is Girish, and I grew up in South India, studying and speaking Kannada, Hindi, and English. After college, I moved to the US for about 18 years. I learned Spanish when I cycled through Colombia and Ecuador for 9 months in 2022-23. Now, I am traveling (on and off bicycles) through India and learning more languages. Currently, I am learning Lepcha, an endangered language.
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Thank you for supporting my journey of learning new cultures and languages. And, I sincerely appreciate your interest.
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Me as a Teacher
Currently, I am learning Nepali and Lepcha. Additionally, I am also trying to gain a basic grasp of Marathi, and Sanskrit as they are a lot similar to Hindi.
I learned Spanish while on the road in 2022-23. I loved the everyday accomplishments, but the proudest days were when the locals appreciated my Spanish.
Over the past years, I have enjoyed reconnecting with my Kannada and Hindi roots. So, I do not teach as if we're in a school, but rather we as a team decide what's important to you, and then work together towards those goals.
My lessons & teaching style
Your goals help me draft a learning plan for you and we as a team work towards those goals. I use many online resources and the following are just a few of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9H29iT77eo
http://sudhaezine.com/
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Learning the basics of Kannada
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Hindi
Laura A.
58 Kannada lessons
Love my classes with Girish, where I learn how to talk about daily stuff that apply to my life, had my 3 pages of homework reviewed and he advised of some corrections, and how to say things in a better way/more local way, he takes notes for me on a word document in KannaDa script (it would take me ages otherwise!) so I can focus on the conversation part. So grateful to have you as a Teacher!
Jul 24, 2024
Vasil Stanev
8 Kannada lessons
Girish was very professional and I decided to even borrow half an hour from the rest of the package so we had a 90 minute lesson. Time flew as if it was 5 minutes - Girish is that good!
Jul 13, 2024
Laura A.
58 Kannada lessons
Amazing class with Girish as always! We discussed what I planned on my Karnataka trip and also how I learn and practice languages, and it was fun trying to explain everything in Kannada! He asked many questions so I have practiced my understanding as well, then try to built my responses. We had a lot of fun and this is how I see learning languages - having fun in the process, learning with a big smile on my face, and Girish is the best teacher for that! Thank you again and again ! Love learning with you !
Jul 3, 2024
Beatriz
4 Kannada lessons
Classes with Girish are really encouraging! I'm learning loads with him and he is so keen to help. I'm glad I've found him :)
Jun 24, 2024
Laura A.
58 Kannada lessons
Loved my lunch break with Girish - he helped me by giving recommendations about my trip to Karnataka, all in Kannada and we had a nice conversation about what I have seen and not, what would be best to see this time, what to exclude, all with some KannaDa practice, it was good fun :) And a few celebrations to keep the mood going, and some good vocabulary learning also! Thank you so much Girish Avare!
Jun 19, 2024
Laura A.
58 Kannada lessons
Girish had gone on his treks for too long, all the Kannada had left my brain, and he had a loooot of patience with me in this class ! Thank you for all your help and I will try to be a bit more alert in the next class...for whatever you have planned :-p I love my classes with Girish, that is a proper break from work, whatever we do, we have so many laughs together! Best way to learn! In this class I have described my Danish trip and learnt the vocab about what I have done and seen which is great - Tumba dhanyavadagaLu Girish!