Tamil: Second Language

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

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
Year 7 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 6434 | Harpreet.Kaur@scsa.wa.edu.au