Tamil: Second Language

literacy resources purposeful learning narrative devices language specificity read noun mnemonic accent digraph text structure persuasive texts digital texts identity question text narrative auxiliary verb fluency alliteration metalanguage homophone conjunction skimming context translating language features content performance bilingualism root of a word culture audience learning trajectory scaffolding mediate language socialising biography imaginative texts prefix stereotype language systems/systems of language verb communicating pragmatics collocation complex sentence comprehension strategies characters create interpret compound sentence idiomatic expressions honorific filler intercultural capability receptive language oracy productive language use first language encode modal verb cognates translation authentic (texts/materials)scanning register intercultural language teaching and learning media texts intensifiers language variation and change pedagogy concrete language word borrowing lexical cohesion background language digital media reflecting morphology composing face communicative competence informative texts code-switching cues multimodal text preposition second language character components author semantic knowledge infinitive framing reciprocating comprehension/comprehending role of language and culture stress talk phoneme romanisation accent marks adverbial understanding dialect text types (genres)pronoun morpheme input script suffix medium text processing strategies communication complexity convention paralanguage task synchronous decode language functions cohesion form-focused learning activities phonological awareness diphthongs enunciation formulaic language tone orthography language comprehension textual features/textual conventions creating genre pronunciation speak adjective accuracy macro skills de-centre intonation clause mode phonics diaspora informing syntax adverb grapho-phonic knowledge directionality language patterns prediction

The Tamil: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in Tamil, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

Pre-primary to Year 10

Tamil: Second Language learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6355 | Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6724 | Hanneke.Rekelhof@scsa.wa.edu.au