The Impact of Standard Spoken Tamil in Singapore Tamil Classrooms

This paper examines recent changes in the teaching of Tamil in Singapore to students from Tamil language homes. Tamil is a diglossic language, with a formal or H variety that is used mainly in writing and is learned in schools and a spoken or L variety that is used in informal conversations and is l...

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Main Author: Seetha Lakshmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
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Online Access:http://www.ncolctl.org/files/the-impact.pdf