Colloquial Tamil by E Annamalai

Colloquial Tamil by E Annamalai

Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to spoken Tamil. While emphasis is placed on colloquial spoken Tamil, you are given a useful introduction to formal speech and the written language as well. What makes Colloquial Tamil your best choice in personal language learning? Emphasis on authentic conversational language Clear explanations on how to pronounce and write the language Helpful grammar notes and reference grammar Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Tamil-English and English-Tamil) Lively illustrations and fascinating cultural insights throughout By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Tamil in a broad range of everyday situations. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

'Surpasses many of the previous publications not only in terms of the composition of the text but also in the systematic presentation of the text on two tapes and on two CDs'-Archiv Orientálni. Quarterly Journal of African and Asian Studies, vol. 72

Bernard Bate was Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale-NUS College. A linguistic anthropologist who specialized in the Tamil language, his first book is Tamil Oratory and the Dravidian Aesthetic (2009). E. Annamalai is Visiting Professor of Tamil at the University of Chicago. Francis Cody is Associate Professor in Anthropology and in the Asian Institute, both at the University of Toronto. Malarvizhi Jayanth is a historian of colonial South Asia pursuing her doctorate at the University of Chicago. Constantine V. Nakassis is Associate Professor of Anthropology and affiliated faculty in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago.

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ISBN 13	9781138960343
ISBN 10	1138960349
Title	Colloquial Tamil
Author	E Annamalai
Series	Colloquial Series
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2015-08-05
Number of pages	322
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