Welcome
The long-overdue update of LearnTamil.com is in the works!
The old version of the website is still available.
(வணக்கம். இவ்விணையத்தளத்தைப் புதுப்பித்து வருகிறோம். முன்னாள் வடிவத்தைப் பார்க்க மேற்கண்ட இணைப்பைச் சொடுக்கவும்.)
The new version of this website will attempt to describe comprehensively the issues and potential strategies enveloping efforts at Thamil language retention for Diaspora communities.
A simple outline is provided below:
- Transmission of Language Skills to Youth
- speaking
- pronunciation
- comprehension
- reading
- writing
- Language Usage
- Interest in using Thamil language when there is a choice to communicate in another language
- opportunities to use all types of Thamil language skills in daily life
- parents' expectations to use Thamil
- societal expectations to use (or not use) Thamil
- peer group expectations to use (or not use) Thamil
- Identity as a Thamil, with Language Skills and everyday Usage forming the central core of one's Thamil identity