TAMIL NATION LIBRARY: Language

• Learning English Through Tamil
  Manikam Krishnan,  Research Officer,
  Yayasan Strategik Sosial, Malaysia, 2003

‘Learning English Through Tamil’ is a reference and exercise book specifically prepared for Tamil school pupils. The main objective of this book is to provide an additional resource so that Tamil school pupils are able to improve their standard of English. The word and grammar explanations in Tamil would be helpful as a majority of the Tamil school pupils are from Tamil-speaking and low-income families who can read and write Tamil well, but are unfamiliar with English.

This book is prepared according to the English language syllabus for Malaysian Tamil primary schools. It comprises two sets. Set one contains the syllabus for Year 1 to Year 3 and set two contains the syllabus for Year 4 to Year 6. Explanations and exercises are given according to the relevant topics. Answers for the exercises are provided in the back portion of the book. For more details please see ‘Learning English Through Tamil’