WHAT DOES THE TAMIL (BEGINNER) COURSE OFFERS?

COURSE OUTCOMES

After completing the course, students will be able to:

  • Interact, read and write in simple basic Tamil.
  • Improve their proficiency in all areas of Tamil language including the four skills i.e Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (LSRW).
  • Write dictation of passages in Tamil in normal speed.
  • Read Tamil newspapers in normal speed.
  • Demonstrate an elementary knowledge of Tamil sentence structure through speaking and writing in Tamil scripts.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

Duration: 30 Hours (Weekly 4Hours)

Mode of Teaching: Online Evening Classes

Medium of Instruction:  Tamil & English

PRESCRIBED READINGS:

  • An Intensive Course in Tamil, Author: S. Rajaram, Published by CIIL in 1979.
  • An Introduction to Tamil Script (Reading and Writing), Author: D.P.Patnayak and S. Thirumalai published by CIIL in 1980

ASSESSMENT SCHEME:

Pattern Marks
Listening 20
Speaking 50
Reading 15
Writing 15
(Total) 100

 

 

UNIT HOURS CONTENT
Unit I: A study of Applied Tamil Grammar 18 Hrs. ·       Scripts

·       Interrogative words

·       Pronouns & Possessive forms

·       Basic Adjectives & its Phrase

·       Derived Adjectives & its Phrase

·       Case markers

·       Infinitives

·       Model Axillaries

·       Relative Participle

·       Verbal Participle

·       Tenses and its markers

·       Degrees of Comparison

·       Adverbs & its Phrase

·       Imperatives & its Negations

·       Verb Phrase

·       Defective Verbs

·       Conjunctions

·       Conditional Clause

·       Post positions
UNIT II: Vocabulary 4 Hrs. ·       Listening Vocabularies-which are frequently used in day to day life

·       Body parts

·       Fruits

·       Vegetables

·       Animals (Domestic & Wild)

·       Colors

·       Kinship Terms

·       Week Days

·       Numerals from 0 to 100
Unit III: Communicative Skill 4 Hrs. ·       How to greet

·       Type of questions

·       How to pick the answer up from the question

·       Self Introduction

·       Semi formal talk on specific title

·       Story telling

·       How to guide address seekers
Unit IV: Civilization 4 Hrs. ·       Festivals

·       Wildlife

·       Monuments

·       Tamil culture

·       Tamil customs and traditions

·       Rituals & Ceremonies