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Tamil: Second Language — Pre-primary to Year 10

Pre-primary year syllabus

Year Level Description

Students enter the early years of school with established communication skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. Typically, students come to Tamil: Second Language with little to no prior experience of Tamil language and culture.

In Pre-primary, students communicate in Tamil, exchanging greetings and simple information about themselves with their teacher and peers through action-related talk and structured play. They participate in shared activities, facilitated by movement and gestures, to perform songs, stories and rhymes, or to respond to teacher talk and instruction in Tamil. Students recognise pictures, symbols, key words and phrases of spoken and written Tamil in rhymes, songs and titles, and convey factual information about their personal worlds using gestures and familiar words. They engage by listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and through action and other forms of expression, and participate in shared performance of short imaginative texts, playing with sound patterns and non‑verbal forms of expression.

Students become familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, beginning to recognise simple pictographic Tamil scripts and recreating these using kinaesthetic activities. They begin to notice that Tamil has different sounds and words to English and any other language they may have been exposed to. Students notice and use context-related vocabulary and recognise some first elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for purposeful interaction.

In Pre-primary, students recognise that while English is the most commonly spoken language in Australia, Tamil is one of many languages, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, which are spoken in Australia. They also notice similarities and differences between Tamil and English, and begin to develop curiosity around the ideas of language and culture. Creative play in the classroom provides opportunities for exploring these differences.

Students learn Tamil in the early years through rich language input. Regular opportunities to revisit, recycle and review, and continuous feedback, response and encouragement assist students in the language learning process.

Communicating

Socialising

Interact with teacher and peers through action‑related talk and structured play to exchange greetings; for example, வணக்கம் ஆசிரியர்.; வணக்கம் திரு/திருமதி/செல்வி ஆசிரியர் பெயர் ...

Respond to greetings and show respect for others using culturally appropriate gestures; for example, (எழுந்து நின்று இரு கரங்கள் கூப்பி வணக்கம் சொல்லுதல்) அனைவருக்கும் வணக்கம்.; எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்?/ இருக்கிறாய்?; நான் நலமாக இருக்கிறேன், நன்றி ஆசிரியர்.

Introduce and share information about themselves; for example, உங்கள்/உன் பெயர் என்ன?; என் பெயர் ...; உங்களுக்கு எத்தனை வயது?/உனக்கு என்ன வயது?;எனக்கு ஐந்து வயது.

Participate in shared actions with the teacher and peers using simple, repetitive key words, images, movement and songs; for example,அம்மா அம்மா முதல் வணக்கம் ...;

நிலா நிலா ஓடி வா...

Respond to teacher talk and instruction; for example, எல்லோரும் இங்கே பாருங்கள்!; எழுந்திருங்கள்!; உட்காருங்கள்!; எல்லோரும் அமைதியாக இருங்கள்!; படம் வரையுங்கள்!; வண்ணம் தீட்டுங்கள்!

Informing

Recognise pictures, symbols, key words and phrases of spoken and written Tamil in rhymes, songs, labels and titles related to their personal worlds

Convey factual information about their personal worlds using songs, rhymes, gestures, pictures, labels, captions and familiar words

Creating

Engage by listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and responding through action, dance, singing, drawing, movement and other forms of expression

Participate in the shared performance of songs or rhymes, playing with sound patterns, rhyming words and non-verbal forms of expression; for example, அம்மா அம்மா இங்கே வா, தோ தோ நாய்க்குட்டி

Translating

Share with others familiar Tamil words, phrases, sounds and gestures, noticing how they may have similar or different meanings in English or other languages; for example, காசு, பென்சில், பேனா

Reflecting

Begin to notice how Tamil feels/sounds different when speaking, singing a song or hearing it spoken by others compared with using and hearing their own language/s

Understanding

Systems of language

Differentiate Tamil and English sounds; for example, by comparing names in Tamil and English

Recognise and experiment with reproducing sounds and rhythm of spoken Tamil by singing, reciting and repeating familiar words and phrases in context

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the short and long vowel sound; for example, அ, ஆ

Recognise how names are written in Tamil by tracing them on dotted lines on laminated cards

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by noticing and using context‑related vocabulary and recognising some first elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • recognising gender usage in nouns; for example, மாணவன்-மாணவி, சகோதரன்-சகோதரி
  • recognising and using nouns for common objects around them; for example, படம், புத்தகம், பென்சில்
  • using numbers while referring to objects; for example, ஒரு பூனை, இரண்டு மலர்கள்
  • using simple verbs to describe actions; for example, சாப்பிடு, எழுந்திரு, குடி
  • recognising that honorific suffixes are used when greeting someone older than themselves; for example, முரளிதரன் அவர்களே!
  • expressing affirmative and negative verbs; for example, ஆம்/இல்லை
  • noticing common forms of greetings and recognising the different levels of formality; for example, வணக்கம், மீண்டும் சந்திப்போம்.
  • recognising that there are different ways to ask questions; for example, யார்? எங்கே? ஏன்?
  • using imperative forms of simple verbs when giving instructions; for example, உட்காருங்கள்!, புத்தகத்தை/ எடுங்கள்!
  • expressing likes and dislikes for example, விருப்பம், விருப்பமில்லை
  • developing cardinal number knowledge for zero to ten

Recognise that language is organised as ‘text’ that can be spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal

Language variation and change

Recognise that in Tamil, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting and interacting with people

Role of language and culture

Recognise that Tamil is one of many languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, Asian languages and world languages

Achievement standard

At standard, students use action-related talk, structured play, classroom instructions and routines when participating in spoken interactions to exchange greetings using culturally appropriate gestures and providing simple information in Tamil about themselves. Students recognise most pictures, symbols, keywords and some phrases of spoken Tamil relating to aspects of their personal worlds and convey most simple, factual information with guidance, using verbal and non-verbal forms of expression. They participate in shared performance of imaginative texts, and respond with guidance, using verbal and non-verbal forms of expression. Students share with others familiar Tamil words, phrases and gestures and explore how these may have similar or different meanings in English. They begin to talk about how Tamil feels/sounds different when speaking or hearing it spoken by others.

Students become familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, experimenting with reproducing the common sounds and rhythms of spoken Tamil. They begin to build vocabulary to identify familiar objects and environments and develop number knowledge. Students comment on how language is organised as ‘text’. They identify the different ways of interacting with people of different ages and degrees of familiarity and usually act accordingly. Students recognise Tamil as one of many languages spoken in Australia and around the world and begin to develop curiosity around the ideas of language and culture.



Year 1 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 1 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Pre-primary and focuses on extending students’ oral communication skills. Typically, the students’ only exposure to and experience of the Tamil language and culture is from their school learning environment.

In Year 1, students communicate in Tamil, interacting with their teacher and peers to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their favourite things. They participate in guided collaborative tasks using simple modelled language in songs, rhymes and games to support understanding and to convey meaning, or to respond to teacher talk and instruction in Tamil. Students locate key words and information in simple spoken and written texts about their personal worlds and convey factual information using pictures, familiar words and simple statements. They participate in listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and in the shared performance of imaginative texts.

Students become familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, recognising, reproducing and pronouncing the Tamil consonants with short and long vowels, and recognising that Tamil letters have straight and curved lines. They notice and use context‑related vocabulary and recognise some first elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for purposeful interaction.

In Year 1, students recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including Tamil, and that Tamil and English borrow words and expressions from each other. They recognise that in Tamil, as in English and other languages, there are different ways of greeting, addressing and interacting with people and that greetings vary according to the time of day or the occasion.

Students learn Tamil in the early years through rich language input. Regular opportunities to revisit, recycle and review and, continuous feedback, response and encouragement, assist students in the language learning process.

Communicating

Socialising

Interact with teacher and peers orally and in writing to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their favourite things; for example, எனக்கு ஆறு வயது.; நீங்கள் எங்கே வசிக்கிறீர்கள்?/நீ எங்கே வசிக்கிறாய்?; நான் டயனெல்லாவில் வசிக்கிறேன்.; எனக்கு விளையாட விருப்பம்.; எனக்கு தோசை மிகவும் விருப்பம்.; உங்களிடம்/ உன்னிடம் செல்லப் பிராணி இருக்கிறதா?; ஆம், என்னிடம் செல்லப்பிராணி இருக்கிறது.; எனக்கு நாய்க்குட்டி விருப்பம்.

Express gratitude, make requests and apologise when appropriate; for example, மன்னிக்கவும், தயவு செய்து, நன்றி

Participate in guided collaborative tasks, using simple modelled language in songs, rhymes, games, gestures and pictures to support understanding and to convey meaning; for example, கோழியம்மாவும் குஞ்சுகளும், சைமன் சொல்கிறான்...

Respond to teacher talk and instruction; for example, மன்னிக்கவும் ஆசிரியர். எனக்கு விளங்கவில்லை/புரியவில்லை.; தயவு செய்து பேனாவை எனக்கு /தாருங்கள்.; இதோ உங்கள்/உன் பேனா.; நன்றி.

Informing

Locate key words and information in simple spoken and written texts, such as charts, lists, labels and captions, rhymes and songs, related to their personal worlds

Convey factual information about their personal worlds using pictures, labels, captions, familiar words and simple statements

Creating

Participate in listening to and viewing short imaginative texts and responding through action, dance, singing, drawing and collaborative retelling

Participate in the shared performance of songs, rhymes and stories and the presentation of action stories using verbal and non-verbal forms of expression and modelled language; for example, சிங்கமும் சுண்டெலியும்

Translating

Share with others simple Tamil expressions, sounds and gestures, name familiar objects and use Tamil and/or English to conduct simple conversations

Reflecting

Notice ways of speaking in Tamil that appear different from their own ways and become aware of how voice, behaviour and body language may change when speaking Tamil

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the consonant sound; for example, ப், ட், ம், ர்

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the Tamil consonants with short and long vowels; for example, ப்+அ=ப, ப்+ஆ=பா
ட, டா, ம, மா, ர, ரா

Recognise, trace and copy some Tamil characters with straight lines; for example, ப், ப, பா, ட், ட, டா, ம், ம, மா, ர், ர, ரா முதல் இரண்டு உயிரெழுத்துகளுடன் (அ, ஆ) மெய் எழுத்துகளை (ப், ட், ம்) இணைத்தல்.

Recognise that Tamil letters have straight and curved lines; for example, படம், என், நான், ஆம்

Recognise how names are written in Tamil by shaping playdough

Form words using syllables of vowels and consonants; for example, அம்மா, படம், மரம்

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by noticing and using context‑related vocabulary and some first elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • describing the colour, size and shape of objects using adjectives; for example, வட்டமான பந்து, மஞ்சள்
    நிறப் பூ, சிவப்புப் பேனா
  • noticing that intensifiers such as மிகவும், அதிகமாக give emphasis to phrases and sentences
  • beginning to locate events in time by using the months of the year and the seasons; for example, தை மாதம், குளிர்காலம்
  • using conjunctions; for example மற்றும், ஆனால்; எனக்கு தோசை பிடிக்கும் ஆனால் இட்லிபிடிக்காது.
  • expressing likes and dislikes; for example, பிடித்தது/ பிடிக்காதது;எனக்கு நீல நிறம் பிடிக்கும்.; எனக்கு பந்து விளையாட விருப்பம்.
  • developing cardinal number knowledge for 11–20

Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features

Language variation and change

Recognise that Tamil speakers use language differently in different situations, such as when socialising with peers and friends or at home with the family

Role of language and culture

Recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including Tamil, and that Tamil and English borrow words and expressions from each other

Achievement standard

At standard, students use simple modelled language, gestures and other forms of expression, with occasional guidance, when participating in spoken and written interactions in Tamil, to share information about themselves, their age and where they live, and to talk about their likes and dislikes. They locate some key words and information in simple texts and convey some factual information about their personal worlds using verbal and non-verbal forms of expression. Students respond to short imaginative texts and participate in the shared performance of these texts using familiar verbal and non-verbal forms of expression and well-rehearsed modelled language. When translating, students use Tamil and/or English to share with others simple Tamil expressions, sounds and gestures and to name some familiar objects. They talk about how voice, behaviour and body language may change when speaking Tamil.

Students become familiar with the Tamil sound and writing systems, recognising simple vocabulary to identify and describe familiar animals, objects and environments, and using some first elements of grammar, with a satisfactory level of accuracy. They make some comments about how language is organised as ‘text’ and that different types of texts have different features. Students recognise that there are different ways of interacting with people in Tamil, and usually act accordingly. They recognise that Tamil is one of the many languages spoken in Australia and identify some words and expressions that Tamil and English borrow from each other.



Year 2 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 2 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 1 and focuses on extending students’ oral communication skills.

In Year 2, students communicate in Tamil, interacting with their teacher and peers in routine exchanges, such as asking each other how they are, offering wishes and sharing information about events in the day and over the year. They participate in guided collaborative tasks, taking turns, exchanging and negotiating, or responding to teacher talk and instruction in Tamil. Students identify specific points of information from familiar types of simple texts to complete guided tasks and convey factual information about their personal worlds. They participate in listening to, viewing and reading imaginative texts, and create stories and perform imaginative scenarios.

Students become familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, reproducing and pronouncing the sounds of spoken Tamil and noticing the sounds of short and long vowels. They notice and use context-related vocabulary and some first elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts, such as describing people, animals, places and things using adjective-noun phrases, to generate language for purposeful interaction.

In Year 2, students recognise that all languages, including Tamil, change continuously over time through contact with each other and changes in society. They understand that Tamil speakers change how they use language in different situations and according to cultural norms.

Students learn Tamil in the early years through rich language input. At this stage, play and imaginative activities, music, movement and familiar routines, along with continuous feedback and opportunities to revisit, recycle and review, provide the essential scaffolding to assist students in the language learning process.

Communicating

Socialising

Interact with teacher and peers orally and in writing to participate in routine exchanges, asking each other how they are and offering wishes, and to share information about events in the day and over the year; for example, நான்

திங்கட்கிழமை இட்லி சாப்பிட்டேன்.; எனது பிறந்த நாள் மார்ச் 30.; பிறந்தநாள் வாழ்த்துகள், தைப்பொங்கல் வாழ்த்துகள்,  கிறிஸ்மஸ்/நத்தார் நல்வாழ்த்துகள்.; இன்று வானிலை நன்றாக இருக்கிறது.

Participate in guided collaborative tasks, transactions and games, taking turns, exchanging and negotiating, using simple language; for example, நான் திங்கட்கிழமை தோறும் வாழைப்பழம்/மாம்பழம்/திராட்சைப்பழம், ஆரஞ்சு/தோடம் பழம் சாப்பிடுவேன்.

Respond to teacher talk and instruction; for example, இது உங்களுடையதா/
உன்னுடையதா? ஆம் இது என்னுடையது.

Informing

Identify specific points of information from familiar types of simple spoken, written or digital texts to complete guided tasks related to their personal worlds

Convey factual information about their personal worlds using familiar words, phrases, simple statements and modelled language

Creating

Participate in listening to, viewing and reading imaginative texts and responding through action, performance, shared reading and collaborative retelling

Create stories and perform imaginative scenarios through role play, mime, drawing, oral discussion or scaffolded writing activities, using familiar words and modelled language; for example,
ஒரு முறை, ஒரு நாள், ஓர் ஊரில்

Translating

Translate for others what they can express in Tamil, interpreting simple expressions and songs, and explaining how meanings are similar or different in English or other languages; for example, the words தொப்பி, பேனா, பென்சில் have similar meanings in most of the South Asian languages

Reflecting

Recognise similarities and differences between aspects of Tamil and Australian cultural practices and related language use

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the consonant sound; for example,  ழ், க், ச், த், ந், ன், ண்

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the Tamil consonants with short and long vowel sound; for example,
ழ, ழா, க, கா, ச, சா, த, தா, ந, நா, ன, னா, ண, ணா

Recognise, trace and copy Tamil characters with straight lines and curved lines; for example, ழ், ழ, ழா, க், க, கா, ச், ச, சா,  த், த, தா, ந், ந, நா, ன், ன, னா, ண், ண, ணா
முதல் இரண்டு உயிரெழுத்துகளுடன் (அ, ஆ) மெய் எழுத்துகளை (ர், ழ், க், ச், த், ந்) இணைத்தல்.

Recognise that Tamil scripts have straight and curved lines; for example, அம்மா, மரம், காகம்

Forming words using syllables of vowels and consonants; for example, பழம், அக்கா, அண்ணா, நான்

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by noticing and using context‑related vocabulary and some first elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • beginning to describe quantity using cardinal numbers; for example, மூன்று நாற்காலிகள், இருபது மரங்கள்
  • describing the characteristics of things using noun-adjective phrases for example, என் தந்தை உயரமானவர்.; என் அம்மா நகைச்சுவையானவர்.
  • describing possession using word order in familiar phrases; for example, என் பேனா, என் பிறந்தநாள்
  • referring to things using demonstratives; for example, இது பேனா.; அது பழம்.
  • recognising and using different question words and anticipated answers; for example, யார்? எவ்வளவு? எங்கே? எப்போது?
  • expressing negative responses; for example, இது சிவப்பு நிறப் புத்தகம் இல்லை.; அவன் ஓடவில்லை.
  • using simple verbs to describe actions; for example, உட்கார்/
    இரு, சாப்பிடு, குடி, விளையாடு
  • developing number knowledge for 21 to 30

Understand that language is organised as ‘text’ that takes different forms and uses different structures and features to achieve its purpose

Language variation and change

Understand that Tamil speakers use language differently in different situations and according to cultural norms, such as when at home with the family or in the classroom

Role of language and culture

Recognise that all languages, including Tamil, change continuously over time through contact with each other and through changes in society

Achievement standard

At standard, students use simple modelled language when participating in spoken and written routine exchanges in Tamil, to share information about how they are, offer wishes and talk about events in the day and over the year. Students identify some specific points of information in simple texts to mostly complete guided tasks, and they make use of familiar words and phrases, simple statements and modelled language, to convey factual information about their personal worlds. They listen to, view and read imaginative texts and respond in some detail using simple verbal and non-verbal forms of expression and some modelled language. Students create stories and perform imaginative scenarios, using familiar words and modelled language. They translate for others some of what they can express in Tamil, and state how meanings are similar or different in English. Students recognise similarities and differences between cultural practices and related language use of Tamil speaking communities and of Australia.

Students become familiar with the Tamil sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using words and expressions to convey factual information at word and simple sentence level, and some first elements of grammar to write simple texts. They identify some different forms of texts that use different structures and features to achieve their purpose. Students identify some ways Tamil speakers use language differently in different situations, and between people, and some ways that the Tamil language has changed over time through its contact with other languages and changes in society.



Year 3 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 3 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 2 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills. Students benefit from varied, activity-based learning that builds on their interests and capabilities and makes connections with other areas of learning.

In Year 3, students communicate in Tamil, interacting with their teacher and peers to exchange information about friends and family members. They participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve following instructions, asking questions and making statements. Students locate specific points of information in a range of short texts and convey factual information about their personal worlds in simple statements, short descriptions and modelled texts. They participate in and respond to imaginative texts, identifying and comparing favourite elements and making simple statements about characters or themes. Students create and perform short imaginative texts that use familiar expressions and modelled language as well as simple visual supports.

Students become familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, experimenting with the pronunciation of short and long vowel sounds alone and when combined with consonants. They recognise, trace and copy Tamil characters with straight and curved lines. Students notice and use context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts, such as the relationship between subject pronouns and verb endings and an increasing range of adjectives, to generate language for purposeful interaction. They begin to develop a metalanguage in Tamil for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English.

Students understand and demonstrate how language use varies according to the participants’ identity and context of use. They notice differences between Tamil, Australian and other cultures’ practices and how these are reflected in language.

In Year 3, students require extensive support with their language learning. Tasks are carefully scaffolded, and models and examples are provided, along with support for self-monitoring and reflection. Students are encouraged to use Tamil as much as possible for classroom routines and social interactions, and in learning tasks.

Communicating

Socialising

Interact with teacher and peers orally and in writing to exchange information about friends and family members; for example, எனக்கு இரண்டு சகோதரிகளும் ஒரு சகோதரனும் இருக்கின்றனர்.; என் சகோதரன் பெயர் அகிலன்.; எனது தோழிமாலதி மிகவும் அழகானவள்.; அவளுக்கு ஆறு வயது.; என் தாத்தா மிகவும் நல்லவர்.

Participate in routine exchanges, such as asking each other how they are; for example, வணக்கம் (மாணவர் பெயர்).; எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்?/ இருக்கிறாய்?; நான் நலமாக இருக்கிறேன்.; நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்?/நீ எப்படி இருக்கிறாய்?; வணக்கம் அப்பா/ நண்பர்களே.; நாளை மீண்டும் சந்திப்போம்.;  இரவு வணக்கம்

Participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve following instructions, asking questions and making statements, and asking for help and permission; for example, நான் கழிவறைக்கு போகலாமா?; தயவு செய்து எனக்கு உதவி செய்ய முடியுமா?; எனக்கு உதவி தேவைப்படுகிறது.

Informing

Locate specific points of information in a range of short written, spoken, multimodal and digital texts related to their personal worlds

Convey factual information about their personal worlds using simple statements, short descriptions and modelled texts

Creating

Participate in and respond to imaginative texts, acting out events, identifying and comparing favourite elements and making simple statements about characters or themes

Create and perform short imaginative texts that use familiar expressions and modelled language as well as simple visual supports

Translating

Translate words and expressions in simple texts, such ascaptions, story titles or recurring lines in a story, noticing which ones are difficult to interpret

Reflecting

Notice what looks or feels similar or different to their own language and culture when interacting in Tamil; for example, gestures such as standing up for elders and joining both palms to say Vanakkam

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the consonant sound; for example, வ், ய், ல், ள், ங், ஞ், ற்

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the Tamil consonants with short and long vowel sound; for example, வ, வா, ய, யா, ல, லா, ள, ளா, ங, ஙா, ஞ, ஞா, ற, றா

Recognise, trace and copy Tamil characters with straight lines and curved lines; for example, வ், வ, வா, ய், ய, யா, ல், ல, லா, ள், ள, ளா, ங், ங, ஙா, ஞ், ஞ, ஞா, ற், ற, றா

முதல் இரண்டு உயிரெழுத்துகளுடன் (அ, ஆ) மெய் எழுத்துகளை(ண், ன், வ், ய், ல், ள், ங், ஞ், ற்) இணைத்தல்.

Form words using syllables of vowels and consonants; for example, வட்டம், யார், பல், நாள்

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by noticing and using context‑related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • describing people and animals using subject pronouns, gender and adjectives; for example, அவன், அவள், அவர், அது; அண்ண்ன்,  அக்கா,தம்பி, தங்கை
    என் நண்பன் மிகவும் நல்லவன்.
  • expressing quantity using cardinal numbers, such as நாற்பது, ஐம்பது, நூறு, முந்நூறு, and ordinal numbers, such as நாற்பதாவது, ஐம்பதாவது
  • describing objects in the singular and plural forms; for example, பெட்டி - பெட்டிகள்கதவு - கதவுகள்பந்து - பந்துகள்
  • using pronouns such as உனக்கு, உனக்காக to refer to relationships between people and things; for example, நாங்கள் காற்பந்து விளையாட புதிய காலணிகள் வாங்கினோம்.
  • using imperatives; for example, கையை உயர்த்துங்கள்/ உயர்த்து!, புத்தகத்தைத் திறவுங்கள்!/ திற!
  • giving praise, gratitude and encouragement; for example, நன்று, மிக நன்று, மீண்டும் முயற்சி செய், நன்றி, மிக்க நன்றி
  • recognising that the same rules of punctuation apply as in English, for example using full stops, commas, question marks and exclamation marks
  • developing number knowledge for 31 to 40

Begin to develop a metalanguage in Tamil for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English

Recognise the particular language features and textual conventions in simple, familiar, spoken, written and multimodal Tamil texts

Language variation and change

Understand and demonstrate how language use varies according to the participants’ age, gender and relationship and the context of use

Role of language and culture

Notice differences between Tamil, Australian and other cultures’ practices and how these are reflected in language

Achievement standard

At standard, students use simple modelled language, when participating in spoken and written interactions, to exchange information about friends and family members. Students locate specific points of information in short texts and convey factual information about their personal worlds with simple statements, short descriptions and modelled texts. They participate in and respond to imaginative texts, acting out events, identifying and comparing favourite elements and making simple statements about characters or theme. Students create and perform short imaginative texts that use modelled language as well as simple visual supports. They translate words and expressions in simple texts, including English words that have been incorporated into Tamil language, with a satisfactory level of accuracy. When interacting in Tamil, students talk about what looks or feels similar to or different from their own language and culture.

Students become familiar with the Tamil sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using words and expressions to convey factual information at word and simple sentence level, and some first elements of grammar to write simple texts. They begin to describe, with guidance, how the Tamil language works, using terms similar to those used in English, and apply some of the language features and textual conventions in simple and familiar Tamil texts. Students show how language use varies according to the participants’ age, gender and relationship and the context of use. They talk about the differences between Tamil, Australian and other cultures’ practices and how these are reflected in language.



Year 4 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 4 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 3 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills.

In Year 4, students communicate in Tamil, interacting with their teacher and peers to exchange information about aspects of their personal worlds, including their daily routines at home and school, and their interests. They participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions. Students locate and process factual information in texts, and gather and convey information and short descriptions from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds. They participate in and respond to a range of imaginative texts, discuss messages and make statements about characters or themes. Students create and perform short imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language and cultural expression, using familiar expressions and modelled language.

Students become familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, experimenting with the pronunciation of vowel sounds combined with consonants. They recognise, trace and copy Tamil letters with straight and curved lines. They notice and use context-related vocabulary in simple spoken and written texts, and apply elements of grammar, such as the present tense, to generate language for purposeful interaction. Students develop a metalanguage in Tamil for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English.

Students understand that Tamil is an important global language and make connections between culture and language use.

In Year 4, students continue to be encouraged to use Tamil as much as possible for social interactions and in learning tasks.

Communicating

Socialising

Interact with teacher and peers orally and in writing to exchange information about aspects of their personal worlds, including their daily routines at home and school and their interests; for example, நான் காலை எட்டு மணிக்குப் பள்ளிக்குச் செல்வேன்.; நான் சனிக்கிழமை தோறும் குதிரைச் சவாரி செய்வேன் அத்துடன் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை தோறும் வலைப்பந்து விளையாடுவேன்.; எனக்கு விளையாடவும் சுற்றுலா செல்லவும்   விருப்பம் ஆனால் என் நண்பனுக்கு இசை மிகவும்   விருப்பம்.

Participate in individual and collaborative tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions; for example,creating a display or conducting a role-play or scenario, science experiments, cooking or craft activities; for example, காகித கைவினைப் பொருட்கள் செய்வது/
வண்ணக் காகிதங்களால் மாலை செய்வது.

Informing

Locate and process factual information in a range of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts related to their personal and social worlds

Gather and convey factual information, simple statements and short descriptions from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds

Creating

Participate in and respond to imaginative texts, discussing messages and using modelled language to make statements about characters or themes

Create and perform short imaginative texts that allow for exploration and enjoyment of language, cultural expression and performance, using familiar expressions, simple statements and modelled language

Translating

Translate words, phrases and expressions in simple texts, such as Tamil translations of மிகவும் பசியுள்ள கம்பளிப்பூச்சி, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and ஓர் ஈயை விழுங்கிய மூதாட்டி, The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, to compare meanings and share understandings about aspects of language and culture that are different from English

Use visual, print or online dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate simple familiar texts

Reflecting

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise, reproduce and pronounce the Tamil consonants with short and long vowel sounds, such as இ, ஈ, உ, ஊ, ஐ, on their own and when combined with consonants; for example, கி, கீ, கு, கூ, கை

Understand the hard consonants and their conjunctions with soft consonants (இன எழுத்துகள்); for example, (ங்-க்) (ஞ்-ச்) (ண்-ட்) (ந்-த்) (ம்-ப்) (ன்-ற்)

Recognise, trace and copy Tamil characters with straight lines and curved lines; for example, கி, கீ, கு, கூ, கை

அடுத்த ஐந்து உயிரெழுத்துகளுடன் (இ, ஈ, உ, ஊ, ஐ) மெய் எழுத்துகளை இணைத்தல்

Form words using syllables of vowels and consonants; for example, இவர், சிங்கம், வீரம், ஆமை, உடல்

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by recognising and using context‑related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • using simple adjectives to describe places and objects; for example, சிறிய அலுவலகம், பச்சைப் பெட்டி
  • using singular and plural forms, with their appropriate letter change; for, example, மரம் - மரங்கள்,
    பல் - பற்கள்
  • telling the time on the hour; for example, நேற்று நான் காலை ஏழு மணிக்குப் பள்ளிக்குச் சென்றேன்.
  • expressing time periods by using days of the week; for example, நான் திங்கட்கிழமை கூடைப்பந்து விளையாடுவேன்.
  • describe the location of objects; for example, கீழே, உள்ளே, அருகில், பின்னால்
  • seeking information using questions; for example, எப்போது? எங்கே? எங்கிருந்து?
  • linking ideas using conjunctions; for example, ஆகையால், ஆனால், மற்றும், அத்துடன்
  • understanding the rules for subject-object-verb sentence construction; for example, நான் தோசை சாப்பிட்டேன்.; and possessive word order; for example, என் தம்பியின் புத்தகம்.
  • using past, present and future tenses and taking note of their different forms; for example, விளையாடினேன், விளையாடு
    கிறேன்; விளையாடுவேன்
  • directing others using imperatives, such as கூடாது!, சீக்கிரம்!, கவனம்!, and inviting others using polite forms; for example, தயவு செய்து அமருங்கள்.
  • developing number knowledge for 41 to 60

Begin to develop a metalanguage in Tamil for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English

Notice differences in familiar texts, such aspersonal, informative and imaginative texts, and explain how particular features of such texts help to achieve their purpose

Language variation and change

Understand that different ways of using Tamil language reflect different regions and countries, different relationships and different ways of making meaning

Role of language and culture

Understand that Tamil is an important global language used by communities in many countries around the world and that it has connections with several other languages

Make connections between language and culture use by identifying vocabulary and expressions that reflect different cultural values, traditions or practices

Achievement standard

At standard, students use simple familiar language, with occasional guidance, when participating in spoken and written interactions, to exchange information about their daily routines at home and school, and their interests. They participate in most tasks that involve asking for help, clarification and permission, solving problems and sharing decisions. Students locate, process and convey some factual information and simple statements from familiar texts related to their personal and social worlds. They respond to imaginative texts, using modelled language, to make statements about characters or themes. Students create and perform short imaginative texts, using familiar expressions, simple statements and modelled language. They use dictionaries with guidance, word lists and pictures to translate simple familiar texts. Students share meanings and understandings about aspects of Tamil language and culture that are different from English.

Students become familiar with the Tamil sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using vocabulary and applying elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts related to their daily routines at home and school and their interests. They begin to describe how the Tamil language works, using terms similar to those used in English with guidance. Students make some simple comparisons between features of familiar texts. They state that Tamil is an important global language and list connections with several other languages. Students make some connections between language and culture use by identifying vocabulary and expressions that reflect different cultural values, traditions or practices.



Year 5 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 5 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 4 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Tamil language and culture.

In Year 5, students communicate in Tamil, initiating interactions with their teacher and peers to exchange information about their home, neighbourhood and local community. They engage in collaborative tasks that involve planning outings, conducting events and completing transactions. Students gather, compare and convey information and supporting details and ideas from texts related to their personal and social worlds. They engage with imaginative texts, sharing responses to characters, events and ideas, and make connections with their own experience and feelings. Students create or reinterpret, present or perform imaginative texts for different audiences, based on or adapted from   events, characters or settings.

Students become more familiar with the systems of the Tamil language. They read and write the 12 vowels and 18 consonants, and make vowel-consonant sounds that follow the pattern of sounds for all consonants of the Tamil language. Students use context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for purposeful interaction, such as describing the location of homes. They build a metalanguage in Tamil to comment on vocabulary and grammar and describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures.

Students show understanding that there are different forms of spoken and written Tamil used in different contexts by different people. They are encouraged to reflect on how their own and others’ language use is shaped by and reflects communities’ ways of thinking and behaving, and may be differently interpreted by others.

In Year 5, students are widening their social networks, experiences and communication repertoires in both their first language and Tamil. They are supported to use Tamil as much as possible for classroom routines and interactions, structured learning tasks and language experimentation and practice. English is predominantly limited to use for    discussion, clarification, explanation, analysis and reflection.

Communicating

Socialising

Initiate interactions with teacher and peers orally and in writing to exchange information about their home, neighbourhood and local community; for example, நான் கில்வட் தொகுதியில் ஒரு பழைய வீட்டில் வசிக்கிறேன்.; என் வீடு நதியின் அருகில் ஒரு பூங்காவின் பக்கத்தில் இருக்கிறது.; நான் வார இறுதி நாட்களில் என் நண்பர்களுடன் சிற்றுண்டியகதிற்குச் செல்வேன்.; நான் பள்ளிக்குப் பேருந்தில் செல்வேன்.; நாங்கள் சந்தைக்குப் போவோம்.; என் பள்ளியில் பெரிய நூலகமும் விளையாட்டுத்திடலும் இருக்கின்றன.; என் வீட்டின் பின்புறத்தில் நீச்சல் குளம் இருக்கிறது.

Engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve organising displays, planning outings and conducting events, such as performances, or activities; for example, building models, and completing transactions in places such as a café or a market

Informing

Gather and compare information and supporting details from a range of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts related to their personal and social worlds

Gather and convey information and ideas in different formats from a range of texts related to their personal and social worlds

Creating

Share responses to characters, events and ideas in imaginative texts, such as stories, dialogues, cartoons, television programs or films, and make connections with their own experience and feelings

Create or reinterpret, present or perform imaginative texts for different audiences, based on or adapted from events, characters or settings

Translating

Translate simple texts from Tamil to English and vice versa, noticing which words or phrases require interpretation or explanation

Use visual, print or online dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate short, familiar texts

Reflecting

Compare ways of communicating in English- and Tamil-speaking contexts and identify ways in which culture influences language use

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise that the 12 vowels and the 18 consonants combine to make vowel-consonant sounds that follow the pattern of sounds for all consonants of the Tamil alphabet; for example, கெ, கே, கொ, கோ, கௌ

Recognise the specific sound difference between consonants and the correct pronunciation of the same to avoid distorting the meaning of the word (மயங்கொலிகள்); for example, வாணம், வானம், பணி, பனி

Understand that vowels and consonants combine to make composite letters; for example, கெ, கே, கொ, கோ, கௌ

அடுத்த ஐந்து உயிரெழுத்துகளுடன் (எ, ஏ, ஒ, ஓ, ஒள) மெய் எழுத்துகளை இணைத்தல்

Recognise and identify that the 18 consonants combined with the 12 vowels and an Ayutha or soul letter (ஃ ) combine to make the 247 characters in the Tamil language

Form words using syllables of vowels and consonants; for example, எட்டு, பெயர், கொக்கு, கோழி, ஒளவையார்

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by recognising and using context‑related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • describing objects in the noun groups (common, specific and collective); for example, கிழமை, புதன்கிழமை, கூட்டம்
  • describing people/objects in the domain (rational, irrational); for example, நண்பன், பூனை
  • referring to people and things using pronouns such as personal, proximate, remote, possessive; for example, நான், எனது, அந்த, இங்கே, நாங்கள்
  • using masculine, feminine, common, neuter singular and neuter plural forms of nouns; for example, சகோதரன், சகோதரி, சகோதரர், முயல், முயல்கள்
  • observing the relationship between gender and verb endings; for example, அவன் எழுதுகிறான், அவள் எழுதுகிறாள், நாங்கள் எழுதுகிறோம்.
  • seeking information and explanation indicating location using prepositions to expand on spoken or written interactions; for example, மேலே, உள்ளே, அங்கிருந்து, அங்கே
  • creating cohesion using prepositions; for example, பிறகு, முன்பு; நான் காலை உணவுக்குப் பிறகு என் தங்கையோடு பள்ளிக்குச் செல்வேன்.
  • using antonyms, such as உள்ளே - வெளியேமேலே - கீழே
  • using question words, such as யாருடன்? எதற்கு? எதில்?
  • developing number knowledge for 61 to 80, and using a dozen, a decade, and a century

Build a metalanguage in Tamil to comment on vocabulary and grammar, and describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures

Recognise that spoken, written and multimodal Tamil texts have certain conventions and can take different forms depending on the context in which they are produced

Language variation and change

Understand that there are variations in Tamil as it is used in different contexts by different people; for example,formal/informal register and regional variations

Role of language and culture

Understand that there are different forms of spoken and written Tamil used in different contexts within Tamil Nadu and in other regions of the world

Reflect on how their own and others’ language use is shaped by and reflects communities’ ways of thinking and behaving and may be differently interpreted by others

Achievement standard

At standard, students use familiar language when participating in spoken and written interactions, to exchange information about their home, neighbourhood and local community. They use mostly familiar language to participate in tasks that involve planning outings and conducting events. Students gather and compare information and supporting details, and convey information and ideas in different formats from texts related to their personal and social worlds. They share simple responses to characters, events and ideas in imaginative texts and make simple connections with their own experiences. They create and present, with guidance, imaginative texts for different audiences, based on or adapted from events, characters or settings. Students translate simple texts from Tamil to English and vice versa, showing some awareness that there are words or phrases that require interpretation or explanation. They use dictionaries, word lists and pictures to translate short familiar texts. Students identify ways in which culture influences language use and provide simple examples when comparing ways of communicating in Australian and Tamil speaking contexts.

Students become familiar with the Tamil sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using a range of vocabulary and developing and applying knowledge of grammatical elements in simple spoken and written texts related to their home, neighbourhood and local community. Students talk about how the Tamil language works, with guidance. They identify that texts have certain conventions and can take different forms. They explain that the differences in how people use Tamil may be due to differences in register and regional variations. Students discuss how their own and others’ language use is shaped by and reflects communities’ ways of thinking and behaving and may be differently interpreted by others.



Year 6 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 6 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 5 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Tamil language and culture. Students gain greater independence and become more conscious of their peers and social context. As they gain a greater awareness of the world around them they also become more aware of the similarities and differences between Tamil language and culture and their own.

In Year 6, students communicate in Tamil, initiating interactions with their teacher and peers to exchange information and relate experiences about free time. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks with peers to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Tamil. Students gather, compare and respond to information and supporting details from texts related to their personal and social worlds. They convey information, ideas and opinions, and use them in new ways. Students share and compare responses to imaginative texts. They create or reinterpret, present or perform alternative versions of imaginative texts for different audiences and to suit a variety of modes or contexts.

Students become more familiar with the systems of the Tamil language, developing greater fluency and accuracy in communication. They begin to use Tamil spontaneously when interacting with one another and their teacher, and use an increasing range of body language and gestures. Students write simple texts on familiar topics using Tamil letters and recognise some single letters and whole words in Tamil with the support of a chart. They generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts using context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar. Students build a metalanguage in Tamil to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures.

Students understand that the Tamil language is constantly changing due to contact with other languages and the impact of new technologies and knowledge. They also understand that language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication.

In Year 6 students continue to widen their social networks, experiences and communication repertoires in both their first language and Tamil. They are encouraged to use Tamil as much as possible for interactions, structured learning tasks and language experimentation and practice.

Communicating

Socialising

Initiate interactions with teacher and peers orally and in writing to exchange information and relate experiences about free time; for example, நான் மாலை நேரத்தில் வீட்டுப் பாடங்களைச் செய்வேன். அத்துடன் காணொளி விளையாட்டு விளையாடுவேன்.;
நீங்கள் மாலை நேரத்தில் என்ன செய்வீர்கள்?/நீ மாலை நேரத்தில் என்ன செய்வாய்? சிற்றுண்டியகத்திற்கு போகலாமா?; வானிலை நன்றாக இருக்கும் போது நான் கடற்கரைக்குச் செல்வேன்.

Participate in routine exchanges to express feelings, opinions and personal preferences; for example, அவன் என் அண்ணன்.; அவன் நல்லவன்./அவர் என் அண்ணா.; அவர் நல்லவர். மன்னிக்கவும் ராதா.; ஆனால் ...; நான் நினைக்கிறேன் …; நான் நிச்சயமாக சம்மதிக்கவில்லை.

Engage in individual and collaborative tasks to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Tamil, developing projects or budgeting for a shared event

Informing

Gather, compare and respond to information and supporting details from a range of written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts related to their personal and social worlds

Convey information, ideas and opinions related to their personal and social worlds, selecting appropriate written, spoken, digital and multimodal texts to suit specific audiences and contexts

Creating

Share and compare responses to characters, events and ideas and identify cultural elements in imaginative texts

Create or reinterpret, present or perform alternative versions of imaginative texts for different audiences, adapting stimulus, theme, characters, places, ideas and events to suit different modes or contexts

Translating

Translate and interpret short texts from Tamil to English and vice versa, recognising that words and meanings do not always correspond across languages and expanding descriptions or giving examples where necessary to assist meaning

Experiment with bilingual dictionaries and/or online translators, considering the relative advantages or limitations of each resource

Reflecting

Engage in intercultural experiences, describing aspects of language and culture that are unfamiliar and discussing their own reactions and adjustments; for example, Diwali or Deepavali celebrations

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise and enunciate words, and combine these aspects to construct sentences; for example, இது ஒரு கறுப்புக் குதிரை.

Understand and write டகர வரிசை; for example, ட, டா, டி, டீ, டு, டூ, டெ, டே, டை, டொ, டோ, டௌ (Da letters), followed by ப வரிசை எழுத்துகள் and the subsequent letters.

Understand that the Grantha letters ஸ, ஹ, ஷ, க்ஷ, ௵, ஶ்ரீ are also used at times in the Tamil language; for example, கிருஷ்ணா, ஜெய், ஹரி (Krishna, Jey, Hari)

Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts by using context-related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • using adjectives to describe people, activities and things; for example, இந்த தோசை மிருதுவாகவும் சுவையாகவும் இருக்கிறது.
  • comparing and evaluating using comparatives and superlatives; for example, எனக்கு தொலைக்காட்சி பார்ப்பதைவிட காற்பந்து விளையாடவே விருப்பம்.
  • using adverbs to describe the frequency, quantity, and quality of verbs; for example, தினந்தோறும், அதிகமாக, மகிழ்ச்சியாக
  • using prepositions; for example, முன்பு, பிறகு, இன்று, நேற்று, நாளை
  • understanding the rules for past, present and future tenses and taking note of the use of tense marker to differentiate tenses; for example, ட், த், ற், கிறு, கின்று, வ், ப்; குடித்தான், குடிக்கின்றான், குடிப்பான்
  • expressing reactions with exclamations; for example, எவ்வளவு அழகு!
  • becoming aware of the Tamil subject-object-verb structure; for example, எனக்கு நாய்க்குட்டி விருப்பம்.
  • using joining words and split words; for example, without change (இயல்புப்புணர்ச்சி) மலர்+மாலை= மலர்மாலை
    with change (விகாரப்புணர்ச்சி)
    திரை+படம்= திரைப்படம்
  • developing number knowledge for 81 to 100, one thousand, one hundred thousand and one million, ஆயிரம், பத்தாயிரம், இலட்சம் and reading numbers like ‘2022’ as இரண்டாயிரத்து இருபத்தி இரண்டு.

Build a metalanguage in Tamil to describe patterns, grammatical rules and variations in language structures

Understand how Tamil texts use language in ways that create different effects and suit different audiences

Language variation and change

Understand that the Tamil language is used differently in different contexts and situations

Role of language and culture

Understand that the Tamil language is constantly changing due to contact with other languages and to the impact of new technologies and knowledge

Understand that language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication

Achievement standard

At standard, students use familiar language when participating in, and sometimes initiating, spoken and written interactions to exchange information and relate experiences about free time. Students collaborate with peers in guided tasks to plan events or activities to showcase their progress in learning and using Tamil. They gather, compare and respond to most information and some supporting details from texts related to their personal and social worlds, and they convey simple information, ideas and opinions, selecting texts to suit audience and context. Students share and compare, with some guidance, responses to characters, events and ideas and identify several cultural elements in imaginative texts. They create or present, occasionally with guidance, simple alternative versions of imaginative texts, adapting elements for different modes or contexts. Students translate short texts from Tamil to English and vice versa, explaining or providing a description, with guidance, to some familiar words or expressions that do not directly translate between languages. Students experiment with and discuss the usefulness of various forms of dictionaries. They engage in intercultural experiences, describing some aspects of language and culture that are unfamiliar, and discuss their own reactions and adjustments.

Students are becoming more familiar with the Tamil sound and writing systems, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, using vocabulary and expressions related to experiences about free time, and applying knowledge of grammatical elements, in simple spoken and written texts. Students talk about how the Tamil language works, describing patterns, grammatical rules, and variations in language structures. They describe how Tamil texts use language in ways that create different effects and suit different audiences. Students explain how language and culture are integral to the nature of identity and communication.



Year 7 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 7 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 6 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Tamil language and culture. Some students begin Year 7 with proficiency in languages other than Tamil and bring existing language learning strategies and intercultural awareness to the new experience of learning Tamil. Students’ growing textual knowledge, developed through English literacy, supports their developing Tamil literacy. Skills in analysing, comparing and reflecting on language and culture in both languages are mutually supportive.

In Year 7, students communicate in Tamil, initiating and participating in interactions with peers and known adults to exchange information about and share opinions, thoughts and feelings about people, social events and school experiences. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve planning, considering options, negotiating arrangements and participating in transactions. Students access and summarise key information and supporting details from texts. They organise and present information and ideas in texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using  language and modes of presentation to suit different audiences and contexts. Students respond to imaginative texts by expressing opinions about the themes and key ideas, values and techniques used to engage and entertain audiences. They create and present simple individual and shared imaginative texts to entertain peers and younger audiences.

Students better understand the systems of the Tamil language when encountered in spoken and written texts. They recognise and experiment with the pattern of sounds for all vowels and consonants of Tamil by reciting and repeating words and phrases in context. Students generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts by using context-related vocabulary and elements of grammar, such as using இறந்த காலம் and becoming familiar with நிகழ் காலம் and எதிர் காலம் when encountered in familiar expressions and scaffolded language contexts. They continue to build a metalanguage in Tamil to describe grammatical concepts and organise learning resources.

Students recognise that Tamil language is used differently according to the context and situation. They acknowledge that languages change over time and influence one another.

In Year 7, students reflect on changes in their own use of language/s over time, noticing how and when new ways are adopted, or existing ways adapted.

Communicating

Socialising

Initiate and participate in interactions with peers and known adults orally and in writing to exchange information about and share opinions, thoughts and feelings on people, social events and school experiences; for example, என் சகோதரி என்னைக் கோபம் அடையச் செய்தாள் ஏனெனில் …; நேற்று இரவு நான் என் நண்பர்களுடன் திரையரங்கத்திற்குச் சென்றேன்.; எனக்கு இசை/
கணினி/கணிதம் விருப்பம்/விருப்பமில்லை.; நீங்கள்/நீ மீண்டும் இவ்வருடம் படிப்பதென்றால் …

Engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve planning; for example, hosting a Tamil class or visitor, or organising an excursion to a South Indian restaurant, the cinema, a music concert, or a Tamil Association Open Day Function or Market considering options, negotiating arrangements and participating in transactions

Informing

Access and summarise key information and supporting details from texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds

Organise and present information and ideas on texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using language and modes of presentation to suit different audiences and contexts

Creating

Respond to imaginative texts, such assongs, poems, plays or stories, by expressing opinions about the themes and key ideas, values and techniques used to engage and entertain audiences

Create and present simple individual and shared imaginative texts that involve imagined characters, places and experiences to entertain peers and younger audiences

Translating

Translate texts and compare their own translation to classmates’, noticing when it is difficult to transfer meaning from one language to the other

Reflecting

Interact and engage with members of the Tamil‑speaking community to share and compare aspects of culture that affect communication and notice how own culture impacts on language use; for example, ways of expressing feelings, or politeness protocols associated with social events

Consider how their own biography – including personal experiences, family origins, traditions and beliefs, interests and experience – influences their identity and communication

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise that in Tamil, the 12 vowels and 18 consonants combine to form vowel- consonant sounds that follow the pattern of sounds for all consonants of the Tamil language; for example, 12 உயிர் எழுத்துகள், 18 மெய் எழுத்துகள், 216 உயிர்மெய் எழுத்துகள்

Recognise and use the hard consonants and their conjunctions with soft consonants (இன எழுத்துகள்); for example, (ங்-க்) (ஞ்-ச்) (ண்-ட்) (ந்-த்) (ம்-ப்) (ன்-ற்)

Understand and write the

  • 12 vowels: அ, ஆ, இ, ஈ, உ, ஊ, எ, ஏ, ஐ, ஒ, ஓ, ஔ
  • Ayutha letter (ஆய்த எழுத்து); ஃ
  • 18 consonants: க், ங், ச், ஞ், ட், ண், த், ந், ப், ம், ய், ர், ல், வ், ழ், ள், ற், ன்
  • 216 composite letters

Identify the sound of three groups of consonants as வல்லினம் (க், ச், ட், த், ப், ற்), மெல்லினம் (ங், ஞ், ண், ந், ம், ன்), இடையினம் (ய், ர், ல், வ், ழ், ள்); for example, தமிழ் - த (வல்லினம்) மி (மெல்லினம்) ழ் (இடையினம்)

Generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by using context-related vocabulary and applying elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • describing the various noun types (thing, place, period, part, abstract and gerund); for example, கடிகாரம், நாடு, காலை, கை, நல்லவள், நடிப்பு
  • describing qualities of people using adjectives of character and appearance; for example, கோபக்காரன், கருணை உள்ளம் படைத்தவன், நகைச்சுவையுணர்வு கொண்டவர், நல்ல குணம் படைத்தவர்.
  • using singular and plural possessive adjectives; for example, ராமன் பையைத் தொலைத்து விட்டான்.; அவர்களின் பெற்றோர்கள் வயதானவர்கள்.
  • describing possession using possessive pronouns and in noun-adjective phrases; for example, என் தந்தை உயரமானவர்.; என் தாயார் நல்லவர்.
  • indicating quantity using plurals; for example, பழங்கள், பூனைகள், மூன்று புத்தகங்கள், நிறையப் புத்தகங்கள்
  • demonstrating the use of suitable pronouns for singular and plural nouns; for example, அவன்/அவள் - அவர்கள்
  • learning to use possessive adjectives in their first-, second- and third-person forms when talking about family and possessions; for example, என் குடும்பம், உன் குடும்பம், அவன் குடும்பம்
  • learning to use adverbs to qualify verbs; for example, அதிகமாக, பெரும்பாலும், ஏறக்குறைய, கிட்டத்தட்ட, முக்கியமாக
  • using cardinal and ordinal numbers in familiar contexts and modelled language, such as with age, date, time and describing the school day; for example, ஒன்று, மூன்று, இரண்டாவது, ஐந்தாவது; முதல் வகுப்பு காலை எட்டு மணிக்குத் தொடங்கும்.
  • observing the relationship between gender and verb endings; for example, அமலன் வருகிறான்.; கோமதி வருகிறாள்.; அவர்கள் வருகிறார்கள்.
  • locating events in time – for example, days, dates, and months, such as சனிக்கிழமை, ஆடி மாதம், டிசம்பர், வார இறுதி நாள் – and referring to the past and future using time indicators, such as நேற்று, இன்று, நாளை
  • using past tense, present tense and future tense; for example, நான் விருந்துக்குச் சென்றேன்.; நான் தோசை சாப்பிடுகிறேன்.; நான் கூடைப்பந்து விளையாடுவேன்.
  • connecting or elaborating clauses by using joining words to create complex sentences, such as ஆகையால்; for example, அவன் குறிப்பட்ட நேரத்திற்குச் சென்றதால் விளையாட்டுப் போட்டியில் தாமதமின்றி கலந்து கொள்ள முடிந்ததது.
  • making comparisons, such as அதேசமயம், and indicating similarities and differences; for example, வெவ்வேறு, சமமான
  • using adjectival participles and adverbial participles in sentences; for example, செய்ய, நடக்க, நிற்க; ஆசிரியர் சொல்கின்ற கதைகள் பயனுள்ளவை.; இசையைக் கேட்க விரும்புகிறேன்.
  • using joining words and split words without change; for example, இயல்புப்புணர்ச்சி , மாலை+நேரம்=மாலைநேரம்; பிறந்த+நாள்=பிறந்தநாள்
  • expressing likes and dislikes using பிடிக்கும்/பிடிக்காது, விருப்பம்/விருப்பமில்லை
  • seeking information using a range of question words; for example, யார்? எது? எப்படி? எவ்வளவு? எங்கு? எங்கே? எதிலிருந்து? எங்கிருந்து? எப்போது?
  • using exclamations; for example, காப்பாற்றுங்கள்! ஓ! அதுவா! ஐயோ!
  • conveying best wishes using exclamatory verbs; for example, நல்வாழ்த்துகள்!; பாராட்டுகள்!
  • becoming familiar with imperatives; for example, அமருங்கள்!, வாருங்கள்!
  • showing understanding of vowels by reciting single-line verses where each verse starts with a vowel in sequence; for example, அறம் செய்ய விரும்பு, ஆறுவது சினம், இயல்வது கரவேல்
  • using joining words and split words without change, for example, joining words without change, இயல்புப்புணர்ச்சி); மாலை+நேரம்=மாலைநேரம்
    பிறந்த+நாள்=பிறந்தநாள்
    for example split words with out change, வாழ்த்துமடல் = வாழ்த்து+மடல்

Continue to build a metalanguage to describe grammatical concepts and to organise learning resources

Understand the structures, conventions and purpose associated with a range of texts created for information exchange or social interaction

Language variation and change

Explore how elements of communication, such as gestures, facial expressions and choice of language, vary according to context and situation

Reflect on changes in their own use of language(s) over time, noticing how and when new ways are adopted or existing ways adapted; for example, பீஸ்சா, கேக்

Role of language and culture

Understand that language use reflects cultural expression, assumptions and perspectives; for example, using culturally appropriate gestures when greeting

Achievement standard

At standard, students use familiar language when initiating and participating in spoken and written interactions in Tamil to exchange information about people, social events and school experiences. Students engage, with guidance, in the planning of Tamil events or activities and participating in transactions. They access and summarise some key information and supporting details, and they organise and present information and ideas on texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using language and modes of presentation to suit audience and context. They express simple opinions and describe some of the themes, key ideas and techniques used in imaginative texts, and create and present simple imaginative texts to entertain peers and younger audiences. They translate texts, with some inaccuracies, noticing when it is difficult to transfer meaning from one language to the other. Students interact with Tamil speakers to share and compare some aspects of culture that affect communication and notice how their own culture impacts on language use. They also consider how their own biography influences their identity and communication.

Students better understand the Tamil sound and writing systems, using familiar vocabulary related to people, social events and school experiences, and applying elements of grammar in spoken and written texts, with a satisfactory level of accuracy. They describe how the Tamil language works, using some relevant metalanguage to organise learning resources. Students apply the structures, conventions and purpose associated with a range of texts created for information exchange or social interaction. They discuss how elements of communication and choice of language vary according to context and situation and reflect on changes in their use of language/s over time, noticing how and when new ways are adopted, or existing ways adapted.



Year 8 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 8 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in the Tamil language developed in Year 7 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Tamil language and culture. Students may need encouragement to take risks in learning a language at this stage of social development and to consider how the experience impacts on the norms associated with their first language and culture.

In Year 8, students communicate in Tamil, initiating and participating in interactions with peers and known adults to discuss and share ideas, opinions and experiences of special holidays and travel. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve planning experiences and activities by considering options, negotiating arrangements, solving problems and participating in transactions. Students access, summarise and share key ideas and information from a range of texts related to their personal and social worlds. They organise and present information and ideas to raise awareness of and inform others about texts, using language and modes of presentation to compare perspectives and experiences. Students respond to imaginative texts, analysing the ideas, themes, values and techniques used to engage audiences, and make connections with personal experiences. They create and present a range of simple imaginative texts, selecting appropriate language, rhythms and images to enrich the visual or listening experience.

Students better understand the systems of the Tamil language when encountered in simple spoken and written texts. They use the features of the Tamil sound and writing systems to develop proficiency in reading and writing sentences and short texts written in Tamil letters. They generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts by demonstrating increased control of context-related vocabulary and grammatical elements, including using double negative forms, different tenses and conjunctions such as ஆதலால், ஆலும், அதனால் to express a range of ideas and experiences. Students continue to build a metalanguage in Tamil to describe grammatical concepts and to organise learning.

Students widen their social networks, experiences and communication repertoires in Tamil. They are encouraged to investigate the nature and extent of Tamil language use in both Australian and global contexts, reflect on different aspects of the cultural dimension of learning and using Tamil, and consider how this might be interpreted and responded to by members of the community.

In Year 8, students are supported to develop increasing autonomy as language learners and users, to self-monitor and peer-monitor, and to adjust language in response to their experiences in different contexts. Students use Tamil language in more extended and elaborated ways for classroom interactions and routines, task participation and structured discussion.

Communicating

Socialising

Initiate and participate in interactions with peers and known adults orally and in writing to discuss and share ideas, opinions and experiences of special holidays and travel; for example, நீங்கள் விடுமுறைக்கு எங்கு சென்றீர்கள்?/நீ விடுமுறைக்கு எங்கு சென்றாய்?; நான் சென்னையில் வசிக்கும் என் பெற்றோர்களின் நண்பர்களோடு தங்கி இருந்தேன்.; நீங்கள் கோடைக்கால சுற்றுலாவிற்கு சென்றீர்களா?/நீ கோடைக்கால சுற்றுலாவிற்கு சென்றாயா?; நான் மாகரெட்ரிவர் சென்று அதன் பிறகு அல்பணி சென்றேன்.; வருடப்பிறப்பு கொண்டாட்டத்தை எவ்வாறு கொண்டாட இருக்கிறீர்கள்?/இருக்கிறாய்?; நாங்கள் நண்பர்களுடனும் குடும்பதினருடனும் சேர்ந்து இரவு உணவு உண்ணப்போகிறோம்.; இவ்வருடம் நாங்கள் நள்ளிரவு பன்னிரண்டு வரைவிளையாடிய பிறகு வானவேடிக்கையைப் பார்க்க மாடி முகப்பிற்குச் சென்றோம்.

Engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve planning experiences and activities, considering options, negotiating arrangements, solving problems and participating in transactions that include purchasing goods and services; for example, a birthday party, Christmas or New Year’s Eve festivities, preparing for a real or virtual event or trip, an excursion to a South Indian restaurant, a sporting event or community festival, such as Pongal Festival

Informing

Access, summarise and share key ideas and information from a range of texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, and present them in different formats for the intended audience

Organise and present information and ideas to raise awareness of and inform others about texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using language and modes of presentation to compare perspectives and experiences

Creating

Respond to imaginative texts, such asraps, poems, picture books or cartoons, analysing ideas, themes, values and techniques used to engage and entertain audiences, and make connections with personal experiences and other imaginative texts in own language and culture

Create and present a range of simple texts that involve imagined contexts and characters, selecting appropriate language, rhythms and images to enrich the visual or listening experience

Translating

Translate and/or interpret texts, including those that use language with colloquial or cultural associations, and consider why there might be differences in interpretation and how language reflects elements of culture

Reflecting

Participate in intercultural interactions with members of the Tamil-speaking community to discuss cultural practices, demonstrating awareness of the importance of shared understanding and reflecting on adjustments made as a result of reactions and responses

Consider how their own biography influences their identity and communication, and shapes their own intercultural experiences

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise and enunciate words and combine them to construct sentences; for example, அவள் என் தோழி, இது என் வீடு.

Recognise the specific sound difference between consonants, and the correct pronunciation of the same, to avoid distorting the meaning of the word (மயங்கொலிகள்) in Tamil where the meanings of the words differ; for example, வலி, வளி, வழி, கரி, கறி, மணை, மனை

Recognise and use குற்றியலுகர எழுத்துகள் when joining words; for example, கு, சு, டு, து, பு, று; கேட்டு+சொல்=கேட்டுச்சொல் (வல்லினம் மிகும் இடங்கள்)

Consolidate the use of punctuation to make meaning when understanding and creating Tamil texts

Generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by using context-related vocabulary and applying elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • indicating quantity using அதிகமான, பெருமளவில்
  • using classifiers; for example, சீப்பு, கட்டு, கும்பல், மந்தை
  • using indefinite terms; for example, பல, சில
  • specifying place and location; for example, இங்கே, அங்கே, மேலே, கீழே
  • comparing and contrasting; for example, அதைவிட, மிகவும், ஒப்பிடுகையில், அதனிலும்
  • using articulated prepositions வீட்டுக்கு, கூடத்திலிருந்து plus article, ஒரு, ஓர்
  • expressing emotions; for example, பிரமாதம்!,
    அடேங்கப்பா!, ஐயோ!, மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி, நன்று
  • using adverbs to qualify verbs; for example, பெரும்பாலும், ஏறக்குறைய, கிட்டத்தட்ட, முக்கியமாக
  • locating events in time, such as days, dates and months; for example, நான் வார இறுதி நாட்களில் காற்பந்து விளையாடுவேன்; referring to the past and future using time indicators, such as முன்பு, பிறகு, நேற்று, நாளை
  • seeking information using interrogatives; for example, எவ்வளவு நேரம்?, எத்தனை மணி?, நேரம் என்ன?
  • referring to length of time; for example, வெகு நேரம், பல நாள், நீண்ட நேரம்
  • beginning to refer to events and time using frequency markers; for example, சில நேரங்களில், பெரும்பாலும், என்றாவது, ஒரு முறை, அவ்வப்போது, பல முறை, ஒரு போதும், இன்று காலை, முடிந்தபின், பிறகு
  • using information-gathering questions, such as எங்கே? எப்போது? எந்த நாள்? என்றைக்கு?
  • accepting or declining invitations; for example, அழைப்புக்கு நன்றி, மன்னிக்கவும், என்னால் வர இலாது.
  • using negative constructions including the double negative; for example, கூடவே கூடாது, முடியவே முடியாது
  • using the subject-object-verb construction when writing sentences; for example, நாங்கள் தோசை சாப்பிட்டோம்.
  • using verbs in past, present and future tenses; for example, படித்தான், படிக்கிறான், படிப்பான்
  • using verbs to express action and time; for example, அவன் தினந்தோறும் செய்தித்தாள் படிப்பான்.; ராமன் வாரநாட்களில் பந்து விளையாடுவான்.; இறுதியில் சாந்தி வெற்றி பெற்றாள்.
  • indicating negation; for example, கூடாது, சரிசமமல்ல, அதுவல்ல
  • expressing modality; for example, முடியும், ஆகட்டும், வேண்டும்
  • describing a state of action; for example, முடிந்தது, இன்னும் இல்லை
  • using modal verbs to express ability, possibility, likelihood and permission; for example, முடியும், சாத்தியம், வாய்ப்பு, அனுமதி
  • creating cohesion using conjunctions; for example, ஆதலால், அதனால், உம், ஆகையால், காரணத்தால், எனினும், ஆனால், ஏனென்றால்
  • creating compound and complex sentences by using conjunctions; for example, ஐங்கரனும் கோவலனும் இன்று வந்தார்கள்.யாதவி நட்புடன் பழகுவதால் அவளுக்கு நிறைய நண்பர்கள் இருக்கிறார்கள்.
  • recognising and using synonyms (ஒத்த சொற்கள்), such as பள்ளி, பாடசாலை, and antonyms (எதிர்ச்சொற்கள்), such as மதித்தல் - அவமதித்தல், இன்பம் - துன்பம்
  • adding cases (வேற்றுமைகள்), such as பெயர், ஐ, ஆல், ஆன், ஒடு, ஓடு, கு, இல், இன், அது, உடைய, இடம், விளி, for example, மாதவன் புத்தகத்தைத் திறந்தான்; தவமணியின் வீடு பெரியது.
  • using joining words with change (விகாரப்புணர்ச்சி); for example
    • appear (தோன்றல்)
      • உயிர்+ உயிர்
        மணி+ஓசை=மணியோசை
      • உயிர்+மெய்
        திரை+படம்=திரைப்படம்
  • understanding the use of active and passive voice according to the context; for example, குமணன் சித்திரம் வரைந்தான்.; குமணனால் சித்திரம் வரையப்பட்டது.

Continue to build a metalanguage to describe grammatical concepts and to organise learning resources

Apply the structures and conventions associated with a range of text types and identify key features and functions of the different genres

Language variation and change

Examine how elements of communication, such asgestures, facial expressions and choice of language, vary according to context and situation

Role of language and culture

Reflect on different aspects of the cultural dimension of learning and using Tamil, and consider how this might be interpreted and responded to by members of the community

Achievement standard

At standard, students use mostly familiar language when participating in spoken and written interactions to exchange information on special holidays and travel and to collaborate on tasks, activities and transactions. They access, summarise and share key ideas and information from texts and present them in different formats for their intended audiences. Students analyse key ideas, themes, values and techniques in imaginative texts and make some connections with other imaginative texts in their own language and culture. They also create and present simple texts with imagined contexts and characters, selecting mostly appropriate language, rhythms and images to enrich the experience. Students translate and/or interpret texts, with some accuracy and consider why there might be differences in interpretation. They consider how their biography influences their identity and communication, and shapes their intercultural experiences.

Students better understand the Tamil sound and writing systems, using familiar vocabulary related to special holidays and travel, and applying elements of grammar in spoken and written texts, with a satisfactory level of accuracy. They apply most of the structures and conventions of a range of text types and identify most key features and functions of the different genres. Students discuss the nature and extent of Tamil language use in both Australian and global contexts and explain the different cultural aspects of learning and using Tamil, considering how this might be interpreted and responded to by members of the community.



Year 9 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 9 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in Tamil language developed in Year 8 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Tamil language and culture.

In Year 9, students communicate in Tamil, initiating and participating in sustained interactions with others to exchange ideas and compare and justify personal opinions about aspects of childhood, teenage life and relationships. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve planning and managing activities, events or experiences and exchanging resources and information. Students analyse ideas and information from a range of texts, identifying context, purpose and intended audience. They convey information and ideas and offer their own views on texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using appropriate formats and styles of presentation. Students discuss how imaginative texts reflect Tamil cultural values or experiences. They create and present imaginative texts that involve moods and effects designed to engage different audiences.

Students show understanding of the systems of the Tamil language when encountered in simple spoken and written texts. They build on their mastery of Tamil scripts and understand sound variation in the pronunciation of borrowed words. Students generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts, extending understanding and use of context-related vocabulary and knowledge of grammatical elements, such as noticing how grammatical choices can shade meaning, determine perspectives and establish relationships when encountered in expressions and scaffolded language contexts. They further develop a metalanguage to discuss and explain grammatical forms and functions.

In learning the Tamil language, students explore how language both reflects and shapes cultural distinctions, with reference to community, social class, gender and generational norms.

In Year 9, learning is characterised by consolidation and progression. Students work with increasing independence to analyse, reflect on and monitor their language learning and intercultural experiences; however, they still require guidance through modelling, scaffolding and monitoring.

Communicating

Socialising

Initiate and participate in sustained interactions with others orally and in writing to exchange ideas, and compare and justify personal opinions about aspects of childhood, teenage life and relationships; for example, தற்போது, எதிர்காலத்தில்; எனக்கு பத்து வயது இருக்கும் போது...; இளம்வயதினராக இருப்பதுநல்லது அல்லது கடினமானது காரணம்…;  என் கருத்தின் படி...; உங்கள்/உன் கருத்து என்ன?; என்னை க்கேட்டால்...; நான் ஒரு போதும் சம்மதிக்க மாட்டேன்.

Engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve planning and managing activities, events or experiences, exchanging resources and information; for example, planning a display or performance to illustrate their memories of aspects of their childhood, or organising a forum to raise awareness of issues of interest to teenagers

Informing

Analyse ideas and information from a range of texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, identifying context, purpose and intended audience

Convey information and ideas, and offer their own views, on texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using language and different modes of presentation to suit different audiences or to achieve different purposes

Creating

Discuss how imaginative texts, such asபாரதியார் அல்லது பாரதிதாசன் கவிதைகள், reflect Tamil cultural values or experiences through using structure, language and mood to build action, develop character and position the reader/audience

Create and present imaginative texts that involve moods and effects and are designed to engage different audiences

Translating

Translate and interpret a range of texts and discuss how to convey concepts that do not translate easily across different linguistic and cultural contexts

Reflecting

Monitor language choices when using Tamil, considering their own and others’ responses and reactions in intercultural communication, questioning assumptions and values and taking responsibility for modifying language and behaviours in relation to different cultural perspectives

Investigate and share family and cultural traditions and experiences, considering how these have shaped and continue to shape personal and cultural identity

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise and use sound intonation and comparing pronunciation; for example, எடுத்தேன், எடுத்தன், நினைத்தேன், நெனைச்சன்

Recognise that not all letters can be used as the first letter of a word; for example, ங, ழ, ள

Understand and use some single-letter words in Tamil; for example, கை, மை, பை, கோ, ஈ, பூ, தீ

Generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by extending understanding and use of context-related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • describing people and things using compound nouns; for example, நீல வானம், நல்ல மனிதர், பச்சைக்கிளி
  • describing the qualities of people and things using noun-adjective phrases; for example, கெட்டிக்காரப் பையன், நல்ல விடுதி, அழகான ஓவியம்
  • describing people and things using comparative and superlative adjectives; for example, அதைவிடப் பெரியது, எல்லாவற்றிலும் பெரியது, அதுவே பெரியது
  • using qualitative adjectives in sentences; for example, அழகிய, அழகான, அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட
  • beginning to use reflexive pronouns and verbs in modelled sentences; for example, நானே, என்னையே, எனக்கே, நீங்களே, அவனே, அவர்களே, தாமே, தமக்கே
  • using indicators of groups or collective nouns; for example, கும்பல், ஜோடி, மூவேந்தர்
  • using terms of address; for example, தாய்மார்களே, அவர்களே, ஐயா
  • using classifiers; for example, சீப்பு, கட்டு, பிடி, முழம்
  • describing people, things and time using acronyms and abbreviations; for example, டி.நகர் (T. Nagar), கி.மு (B.C), கி.பி (AD)
  • using comparative and superlative forms of adverbs and adjectives; for example, ராமு அவனை விட வேகமாக ஓடினான்.
  • expressing imagination by using imagery; for example, காற்று கடுமையாக வீசுகிறது.
  • maintaining interactions using rhetorical devices – for example, உண்மையா?, அதுவல்ல – and verbal fillers, such as இல்லையெனில், மூலம், இவ்வாறு, முதன் முறையாக,
  • using modal verbs, such as செய்ய வேண்டும், திறமையாக, அவசியமாக, கண்டிப்பாக; அவசியமாக ஆசிரியரைச் சந்திக்க வேண்டும்.
  • using synonyms; (ஒரு சொல் பல பொருள்) for example, சூரியன் – ஆதவன், கதிரவன், ஞாயிறு
    அரசன்- கோ, மன்னன், வேந்தன்
  • recognising and using homonyms (பல்பொருள் ஒரு சொல்); for example, திங்கள் -  
    மாதம், சந்திரன், வாரநாள்
  • referring to the past, present and future, and relating events in time using adverbs; for example, முன்பு, அடுத்து, வருமுன், பிறகு
  • indicating possibility; for example, இருக்கலாம், இருக்கக்கூடும், ஒரு சமயம், ஒரு வேளை; அவன் ஒரு வேளை அங்கு வராமல் இருக்கலாம்.
  • well-wishing; for example, நம்புகிறேன், நம்பிக்கையுடன், வாழ்த்துகள், நன்று
  • using sequencing words in paragraphs; for example, முதலில், அடுத்து, மேலும், கடைசியாக, மற்றொன்று, சுருக்கமாக
  • using cohesive devices; for example, எனினும், ஆனால், உம்
  • recognising word order; for example, எனக்கு கூடைப்பந்து விளையாட விருப்பம்.; கூடைப்பந்து எனக்கு விருப்பமான விளையாட்டு.
  • using composition, stacking and interactive phrases to express complex ideas in a simple way; for example, ஆடிப்பாடி, பாய்ந்து பாய்ந்து, கலகல, சலசல
  • using joining words with change விகாரப்புணர்ச்சி; for example
    • disappear (கெடுதல்)
      • உயிர்+உயிர்
        பட்டு+ஆடை=பட்டாடை
      • மெய்+உயிர்
        வானொலி=வான்+ஒலி and
    • convert (திரிதல்)
      • மெய்+மெய்
        கண்+நீர்=கண்ணீர்
  • recognising and using கலைச்சொற்கள்; for example,
    • இயங்கலை – online
    • வலைத்தளம் – website
    • வலையொளி – YouTube

Further develop a metalanguage to discuss and explain grammatical forms and functions

Examine the interrelationship between different text types, language choices, audience, context and purpose

Language variation and change

Explore changes to both Tamil and Australian English and identify reasons for these changes; for example, media and new technologies, popular culture and intercultural exchange

Role of language and culture

Explore how language both reflects and shapes cultural distinctions, with reference to community, social class, gender and generation

Achievement standard

At standard, students use familiar language when initiating, in part, and participating in sustained spoken and written interactions to exchange information on aspects of childhood, teenage life and relationships, and in tasks, activities and transactions. They analyse ideas and most information and, in part, identify context, purpose and intended audience from texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, and use some appropriate formats and styles of presentation to convey information and ideas, and offer their views. Students provide examples of how Tamil imaginative texts reflect cultural values or experiences, and create and present simple imaginative texts with moods and effects, in order to engage different audiences. Students translate and interpret texts, with some accuracy, and discuss how to convey concepts that do not translate easily across different linguistic and cultural contexts. They monitor their language choices when using Tamil and consider, at times, their own and others’ responses and reactions in intercultural communication.

Students apply, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, the Tamil sound and writing systems when using familiar vocabulary related to aspects of childhood, teenage life and relationships, and using elements of grammar in spoken and written texts. Students use familiar metalanguage to discuss and to explain some grammatical forms and functions. They describe the interrelationship between different text types, language choices, audience, context and purpose. Students describe how and why language is used differently in different contexts and with different speakers, and how language reflects and shapes cultural distinctions, such as community, social class, gender and generation.



Year 10 Syllabus

Year Level Description

Year 10 Tamil: Second Language builds on the skills, knowledge and understanding required to communicate in Tamil developed in Year 9 and focuses on extending students’ oral and written communication skills and their understanding of Tamil language and culture. Students require continued guidance and mentoring at this stage of their language learning, but work with increasing independence to analyse, reflect on and monitor their progress and intercultural experiences. They consider future pathways and prospects, including how Tamil language may feature in these.

In Year 10, students communicate in Tamil, initiating and participating in sustained interactions with others to discuss young people’s experiences and interests in contemporary culture and social issues. They contribute ideas, opinions and suggestions in individual and collaborative tasks related to exchanging resources and information, solving problems and managing diverse views. Students analyse, synthesise and evaluate ideas and information from a range of perspectives in texts and identify how context and culture affect how information is presented. They convey information and share comments, experiences and perspectives on texts, using language and various modes of presentation to achieve different purposes. Students analyse how aesthetic, humorous or emotional effects are created in ways that reflect cultural influence in imaginative texts, and create and present a range of imaginative texts on themes of personal or social relevance.

Students show understanding of the systems of the Tamil language, explaining differences in intonation, rhythm and sounds when listening to speakers of different ages, genders and social positions, and show understanding of the structure of complex sentences. They generate language for purposeful interaction in spoken and written texts by extending understanding and use of context-related vocabulary and knowledge of grammatical elements, such as using adverbs and adverbial phrases of manner, place and time to modify the meaning of verbs and adjectives, expressing opinions and influencing others by encouraging and advising. Students further develop a metalanguage to discuss and explain grammatical forms and functions.

Students understand that Tamil language and culture are interrelated and that they shape and are shaped by each other in a given moment and over time.

In Year 10, students are expanding the range and nature of their learning experiences and the contexts in which they communicate with others and are challenged with more independent learning experiences. While they are becoming increasingly autonomous when using Tamil in familiar contexts, they require continued scaffolding, modelling and monitoring when using the language in less familiar contexts.

Communicating

Socialising

Initiate and participate in sustained interactions with others orally and in writing to discuss young people’s experiences and interest in contemporary culture and social issues; for example, இளைஞர்களின் ஆரோக்கியம், மொழியைக் கற்றல், தற்கால மற்றும் எதிர்கால பொறுப்புகளும்.

Express feelings and justify opinions; for example, உங்களுக்கு/உனக்கு எப்படி இருக்கிறது?; உங்களுக்கு/உனக்கு தமிழ் படிக்க கடினமாக இருக்கிறதா?; எனக்கு, நான் நினைக்கிறேன்…; சூழலின் தூய்மையைப் பேண என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்?; அடுத்த வருடம் நீ என்ன படிக்கப் போகிறாய்?/நீங்கள் என்ன படிக்கப் போகிறீர்கள்?

Contribute ideas, opinions and suggestions in individual and collaborative tasks, exchanging resources and information, solving problems and managing diverse views; for example,organising real or simulated forums, social media or daily news segments, protests or rallies to raise awareness of contemporary culture and social issues

Informing

Analyse, synthesise and evaluate ideas and information from a range of perspectives on texts related to aspects of their personal, natural and social worlds, such asregional news headlines, local community announcements and advertisements, and identify how context and culture affect how information is presented

Convey information, comments, perspectives and experiences on texts related to aspects of their personal, natural and social worlds, using language and different modes of presentation to suit different audiences or to achieve different purposes

Creating

Analyse how aesthetic, humorous or emotional effects are created in ways that reflect cultural influence in imaginative texts, such as poems, short stories, cartoons, films, songs, dance, street art and performance; for example, பாரதியார் கவிதைகள்

Create and present a range of imaginative texts on themes of personal or social relevance to express ideas or reflect cultural values, social issues or experience

Translating

Consider the nature of translating and interpreting, explaining how cultural perspectives and concepts have been represented when transferring meaning from one language to another; for example, how popular Tamil expressions and idioms, such as கல்யாணம் என்பது ஆயிரம் காலத்துப் பயிர்; எனக்கு ஏற்கனவே காது குத்தியாச்சு, can create confusion when translated literally

Reflecting

Reflect on the experience of learning and using Tamil, considering how intercultural communication involves taking responsibility for contributing to mutual understanding by modifying language and behaviours in relation to cultural perspectives

Explore and express own cultural identity and ability to act as a cultural mediator between Tamil speakers and other Australians

Understanding

Systems of language

Recognise and use correct sound pronunciation, intonation and rhythm in spoken text in a poem, song or story; for example, தமிழுக்கும்
அமுதென்று பேர் …

Compare how spoken Tamil is different in various parts of India, Sri Lanka and other Tamil-speaking countries, and that each dialect is influenced by the local language of the region

Recognise, understand and use Grantha letters, which are used for writing Sanskrit words; for example, ஷ் as in கிருஷ்ணன், ஹ as in ஹரிஹரன்

Generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by extending understanding and use of context-related vocabulary and elements of the Tamil grammatical system, including:

  • describing direct object pronouns; for example, தேவி மேடையில் நடனம் ஆடினாள்.
  • recognising indirect object pronouns; for example, ராமன் தனது மனைவிக்கு கழுத்தணியைக் கொடுத்தான்.
  • using adverbs and adverbial phrases of manner, place and time to modify the meaning of verbs and adjectives, such as describing events across different times, choosing appropriate tenses; for example, காலையில் திருவிழா இடம் பெற்றது.; தற்போது பேச்சுப்போட்டி நடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது.; இன்று இரவு பெர்த் கலைக்கூடத்தில் கலைநிகழ்ச்சி நடைபெறும்.
  • introducing additional information when describing actions, people and objects by using a range of prepositions, including articulated prepositions; for example, கருத்தின் படி, மேலும்
  • using connectors to form paragraphs; for example, முதலில், அடுத்தபடியாக, எனவே, மேலும், இறுதியாக, ஆகவே
  • expressing opinions; for example, நினைக்கிறேன், நான் உணர்கிறேன், நான் அதிகமாக விரும்புவது, ஒப்பிடும் போது, என் சார்பில்
  • using encouraging words, such as முயற்சி செய், advising words, such as, செய்தாக வேண்டும், கட்டாயம், உறுதியாக, and evaluating words, such as, என் கருத்தின் படி, என்னைப் பொறுத்தவரை, என்
    நம்பிக்கையின் படி, ஒரு புறம், எதிர்மாறாக
  • using the modal verbs செல்ல வேண்டும், திறமையாக, முடிக்க வேண்டும், அவசியம் எழுத வேண்டும்; for example, நீங்கள் ஏன் தமிழைத் தொடர்ந்து படிக்கிறீர்கள்?; நான் பல்கலைக்கழகம் தொடங்கும் முன் அமெரிக்கா செல்ல விரும்புகிறேன்.
  • using similes in sentences; for example, எலியும் பூனையும் போல; நகமும் சதையும் போல
  • using metaphors; for example, செவ்விதழ்கள், கயல்கண், முத்துப்பல்
  • using phrases and idioms to express complex ideas in simple ways; for example, உச்சி குளிர்தல், முதலைக்கண்ணீர்
  • understanding the function of proverbs and quotations; for example, அடாது செய்தவன் படாது படுவான்.; அப்பன் அருமை மாண்டால் தெரியும்.; திரைகடல் ஓடியும் திரவியம் தேடு.
  • indicating register using colloquial and formal language; for example, இல்ல, எப்போ?, எவுள?, மதிப்பிற்குரிய
  • understanding the structure of complex sentences; for example, காரணத்தோடு வரும் துன்பங்களை விவேகத்தோடு சமாளிக்க வேண்டும். - கவியரசு கண்ணதாசன்

Further develop a metalanguage to discuss and explain grammatical forms and functions

Language variation and change

Analyse and explain how and why language is used differently in a range of texts, considering features such as dialects and register

Explain how Tamil language and culture have evolved and how they continue to change over time, and understand that language use has the power to influence social and cultural relationships and practices

Role of language and culture

Understand that Tamil language and culture are interrelated and that they shape and are shaped by each other in a given moment and over time

Achievement standard

At standard, students use familiar language when initiating, in part, and participating in sustained spoken and written interactions to provide information on young people’s experiences and interest in contemporary culture and social issues. Students analyse, synthesise and evaluate some ideas and information in texts, and identify how context and culture affect the way in which information is presented. Students explain how different effects are used in imaginative texts to reflect cultural influence and they create and present simple imaginative texts that express ideas, reflect cultural values, social issues or experience. When translating and interpreting from one language to another they describe how cultural perspectives and concepts have been represented. Students describe the experience of learning and using Tamil, considering how intercultural communication involves modifying language and behaviours. They also explore and express their own cultural identity and ability to act as a cultural mediator between Tamil speakers and non Tamil speaking Australians.

Students apply, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, the Tamil sound and writing systems when using familiar vocabulary related to discussing young people’s experiences and interest in contemporary culture and social issues, and extending their use of elements of grammar in spoken and written texts. Students use some metalanguage to discuss and explain some grammatical forms and functions. They discuss how different types of text include cultural and contextual elements and explain how and why language is used differently in a range of texts. They describe how Tamil language and culture have evolved, are interrelated and how they shape, and are shaped, by each other.



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