Tamil: Second Language

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

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

Tamil: Second Language

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