Tamil: Second Language

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

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 6784 | Adriana.Douglas@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6724 | Hanneke.Rekelhof@scsa.wa.edu.au

Tamil: Second Language

Subscribe to our monthly K–10 Circular