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CHAPTER 3 that?

That's a (car).

That's a (dorm). ?

No, it's (the infirmary).

The parts of this dialog that go beyond the Cummings device have been underlined. As in the dialog for Lesson 1, what is done through words in English may be done in some other way in Telugu, and in any event the non-verbal aspects of communication should receive attention along with each spoken sentence.

This lesson also differs from Lesson 1 with respect to the occasions which it can provide for using Telugu. Some possibilities are:


 * 1) At your own initiative outside of class, ask one of the Te1ugu speakers (preferably not your own instructor) the name of something you see, or check with him/her to be sure that you have the word right. Report how many times you actually did this within a 24-hour period.
 * 2) With reference to a rough map of the campus, ask and answer questions about what things are.
 * 3) Look at a series of 4-8 color slides of India, and talk with your instructor about them within the Telugu that you have learned in these lessons.
 * 4) Have the same slides shown in the same sequence, each for no more than 5-10 seconds. Students take turns narrating the entire sequence. Then do the same thing but with the slides in random order. (For a humorous final touch, put slides in backward, upside down, and sideways.)