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• Hart, Kausalya.
  Tamil for Beginners, Parts 1 and 2 (1991.)
  Center for South Asia Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
  ISBN: 0944613179, 0944613187

• Jegtheesh, N.
  Learn Tamil in 30 Days
  Madras, India: Balaji Publications, 1995. Pp. 160.
  
  
• Daniel, S.G.
  First Steps in Tamil
  Kinderhook, New York: International Book Distributors, 1990. Pp. 112.
  
  
• G. Sankaranarayanan
  A programmed course in Tamil
  Central Inst. of Indian Languages, Mysore, 1994, 401 p.
  
  
• Sowbhagyalakshmi Vaidyanathan,
  Tamil newspaper reader. (tamil ceytittal vacakam)
  Kensington, Maryland, 1990, 432 p.
  
  
• Sundaram, N. Deiva., A. Gopal
  Tamil, an auto instructional course
  International Institute of Tamil Studies, Madras,1984, 1st [ed.], xiv, 223 p.
  
  
• S. Rajaram
  A intensive course in Tamil: dialogues, drills, exercises, vocabulary, grammar and word index
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 1979, 842 p.
  
  
• Nataraca Pillai, Na.
  Classified recall vocabulary in Tamil
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 1990.
  
  
• Nataraca Pillai, Na. (N. Nadaraja Pillai)
  A guide for advanced learners of Tamil
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasa Gangotri,. Mysore 570 006, 1986, 236 p.
  South Asia Books, Dec. 1991, ISBN: 9992080795
  
  
• Pattanayak, Debi Prasanna, (D. P. Pattanayak, 1931 -) M. S. Thirumalai, K. Rangan.
  Advanced Tamil reader
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 1974
  
  
• Asher, R. E. and R. Radhakrishnan
  A Tamil prose reader; selections from contemporary Tamil prose with notes and glossary
  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1971.
  
  
• Asher, R. E.
  Tamil (A descriptive grammar of Tamil.)
  Beckenham, Kent, UK: Croom Helm, 1985. Pp. xiv, 265.
  
  
• Pope, G. U. (George Uglow), 1820-1908.
  A handbook of the Tamil language, 1983, reprint of 1904 revised 7th ed.) Asian Educational Services, C-2/15, S.D.A., New Delhi 110 016.
  ISBN: 0836416783
  
  
• Pope, G. U.
  A Tamil Prose Reader. (1982, reprint of 1906 revised 7th ed.)
  Asian Educational Services, C-2/15, S.D.A., New Delhi 110 016
  
  
• Rajaram, S.
  Tamil phonetic reader
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, 1972, 82 p
  
  
• Schiffman, Harold F.
  A Reader for advanced spoken Tamil
  Dept. of Asian Languages and Literatures, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.
  
  
• Shanmugam Pillai, M
  Spoken Tamil
  Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, 1968
  
  
• Shanmugam Pillai, M
  Tamil Reader for Beginners
  Muthu Pathipakam, Madurai, 1975
  
  
• Vacek, Jaroslav ( S.V.Subramanian, ed)
  A Tamil reader, introducing sangam literature
  International Inst. for Tamil Studies, Chennai, 1989.
  
  
• Kerslake, P., and C. R. N. Aiyar.
  Tamil Course for European Schools, 5 pamphlet vols. (1972-77, 12th ed.)
  Christian Literature Society, P.O. Box 501, Park Town, Chennai 600 003
  
  
• Kothandaraman, Ponnuswamy.
  A Course in Modern Standard Tamil: Laboratory Manual, Texts and Exercises. (1975.)
  International Institute of Tamil Studies, Chennai 600 020.
  
  
• Kumaraswami Raja, N., and K. Doraswamy.
  Conversational Tamil
  Annamalai Univ, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu. (Dept. of Linguistics Publication #9, )
  
  
• Pattanayak, D. P., and M. S. Thirumalai
  An Introduction to Tamil Script, Reading, and Writing. (1980.)
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore 570 006.
  
  
• Lawrence, S. Jean; Renganathan, D.
  Hand Book Tamil: An Auto Instructional Course
  Madras, India: International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1988. Pp. xx, 503
  
  

• Hart, Kausalya.
  Advanced Tamil via Audio-Video Media, Parts I and II.
  Center for South Asia Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
  
  
• Annamalai, E.
  The `Jim and Raja' Conversations (& cassettes).
  Tamil Language Study Association, 2127 Maple Ave., Evanston, IL 60201, 1980
  
  
• Daivasundaram, N., and A. Gopal.
  Tamil: An Auto-Instructional Course (& cassettes).
  Also: accompanying "Handbook" by S. Jean Lawrence and D. Ranganathan.
  International Institute of Tamil Studies, T.T.T.I., Taramani, Chennai 600 113., 1984-1988
  
  
• Paramasivam, K., and J. Lindholm.
  A Basic Tamil Reader and Grammar, 3 vols. (& cassettes) (1980.)
  Tamil Language Study Association, 2127 Maple Ave., Evanston, IL 60201
  
  
• Rajaram, S.
  An Intensive Course in Tamil (& cassettes). (1979, #2 of CIIL series.)
  Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore 570 006.
  
  
• Vaidyanathan, S., and J. Murphy.
  Tamil Newspaper Reader (& 2 cassettes). (1990.)
  Dunwoody Press, P.O. Box 400, Kensington, MD 2895. USA
  
  

Educational Multimedia-based CD-ROMs

• TAMILBOOK-2000 (All New Multimedia Tamil Tutor Software in CD-ROM)
  platform/OS: for Windows 95/98/NT (in CD-ROM)
  Author: Dr. Periannan Kuppusamy
  Distribution: Commercial, Cost US$ 39.95
  Producer/Distributor: SOFTECH CREATIONS,
  2910 Brightwater Lane, Abingdon, MD 21009, USA
  Phone: 1-410-515-3611 :: Fax:1-410-569-7277
  Email:kuppu@kalvi.com URL: www.kalvi.com
  
  PROGRAM FEATURES
  - Tamil alphabets - learn, draw, pronounce & use all 247 + grantham characters
  - A 2000 word Tamil vocabulary, with pronunciation, picture, video, sound & translation
  - Learn Tamil via English, French or Malay medium
  - 300+ high quality color pictures, animations, cartoons, and sounds
  - 25+ minutes of video (movie clips & Visual Teacher) with interactive �track-along� caption
  - 14 popular full-length Tamil songs with 'track- along� interactive text
  - 4 short stories/articles with slide-show, and�track-along� interactive text
  - Exercises, scoring, evaluation and report card
  - Phoenetic demonstration of word construction
  - Lookup WordPad - browse through 1700+ words instantly using Tamil/English/Malay/French.
  - Either use it as a self-study tool, or in a class room.
  

• TAMIZK KALVI : KALVI MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE FOR TAMIL (on a CD-ROM) user friendly, interactive computer programs which teach formal Tamil step by step, in a fun video game format. The following programs are currently available: akaram, consonants, alpha-bets, numbers, drops, triplets, and squares.
  Author: Dr. Periannan Kuppusamy
  Distribution: Commercial, Cost US$ 19.95
  Producer/Distributor: SOFTECH CREATIONS
  2910 Brightwater Lane, Abingdon, MD 21009, USA
  Phone: 1-410-515-3611 :: Fax:1-410-569-7277
  

• Tamil native environment word games to learn and practice Tamil (in CD-ROM) - kOTisvaran, aRivOTu viLaiyATu, koZukku, vallArai, citaRal, kapAli & tic tac toe
  platform/OS: Windows 95/98 Distribution: commercial Producer /distributor: CHENNAI KAVIGAL
  2 Reddy Colony, Ramalingapuram, Chennai � 600012 Phone No.044-6449139
  Email : info@channaikavigal.com URL: www.chennaikavigal.com

Internet/Websites for learning Tamil

• Website for learning and teaching Tamil (A Project of Penn Language Center)
  
• Learning Tamil through Internet (based on Mylai font, Dr. Ram Ravindran)


• How to write in Tamil (based on Anjal tamil font, Dr.Ram Ravindran)


• Tamil Learning Resources- Pulavan, Tagtamil, PCtamil, ArborTamil) ( Vasu Ranganathan, U Penn, USA)


• Tamil Tutorial Web site (Dr. Ilanko, New Zealand )
  
• Tamil Language Home (Dr. Ilanko, New Zealand
  
• Tamil Learning Software (Kalvi) (Softech Creations, Maryland, USA)


• Inventory of Tamil Learning Materials (South Asia Gopher, Columbia Univ.)
  
• Paripoorna, Tamil Lingo Game

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