Tamil: Second Language

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

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

Pre-primary to Year 10

Tamil: Second Language learning area contacts:

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