Tamil Language in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Learning Tamil
Author: Vasu Renganathan, University of Pennsylvania
ISBN: 978-0-615-53347-6 (hard bound)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011944928

We are pleased to announce the publication of the book "Tamil Language in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Learning Tamil" a companion resource for making using of the websites http://www.thetamillanguage.com and http://rewardzone.thetamillanguage.com (Tamil Proficiency site) in their fullest extent possible. This book accompanies a DVD with all of the multimedia content from this website arranged in a pedagogically designed format. It is designed to progress the readers through a stepwise learning process using the pedagogically organized lessons, glossaries, readings, grammar, dialogues, and cultural information. A detailed grammar of Tamil in a graded fashion from simple to complex forms, a detailed discussion on Tamils' customs and habits, illustrations on the diglossic nature of Tamil, discussion on foreign language influences in Tamil, agglutinative property of Tamil words etc., are some of the information that are covered in this book in a comprehensive manner. A distinction between formal and informal variety of Taml is maintained througout the book so as to learn both the written and spoken forms of Tamil in a systematic manner. The videos that are included in the DVD comprise of a number of dialogues filmed in appropriate speech contexts in Tamil Nadu. Importantly, this book is not only meant for Tamil language learners of both heritage and non-native speakers, it can also be used by native speakers of Tamil and Tamil researchers as a resource for learning about Tamil language and culture.

In essense, this book is about Tamil, Tamils and Tamils' various ways of using Tamil.

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