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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| Language: | English |
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National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
2012-01-01
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| 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 |