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- PublicationOpen AccessAn insight into the Tamil language alphabet and primary school learners of Tamil: Research essay = தமிழ் மொழியில் நெடுங்கணக்கைக் கற்றல் கற்பித்தல் மற்றும் தொடக்கப்பள்ளித் தமிழ் மாணவர்கள் : ஓர் உள்நோக்குப் பார்வை(2005)
; Saravanan, VanithamaniA key recommendation of the Tamil Language Curriculum & Pedagogy and Review Committee Report released in 2005 was that the Tamil alphabet be taught over a period of 2 years. With the increased emphasis on the use of Spoken Tamil in classroom, it is important that students use oral language as an important starting point. Although spoken language can be written down, written language is largely different from speech. The reading of texts aloud is a bridge between spoken language and reading, because it helps them to understand what written script looks like. Tamil orthography involves 24 7 letters to represent various meaning bearing words. The challenge to students then, becomes the gradual mastery of sub skills such as symbol sound relationships, the recognition of words and later comprehending the text. Several methods can be instrumental in strengthening the student's command of the language, these include, the use phonic, semantic and contextual strategies to develop confidence in word recognition, the fostering of spelling skills and comprehension, appreciating the alphabet, reading alphabet books creating words with alphabet, exploring different kinds of writing the alphabet, recognizing and producing the alphabet through word processing.696 286 - PublicationOpen Access
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128 140 - PublicationOpen AccessBook review [Review of the book New Englishes: The Singapore case, by J. Foley (Eds)](National University of Singapore Society, 1989)Saravanan, Vanithamani
139 94 - PublicationOpen AccessThe computer lab: A new home for composition writing
;Hvitfeldt, Robert ;Saravanan, VanithamaniRenu Gupta331 75 - PublicationRestrictedA critical review of the Tamil language syllabus and recommendations for syllabus revisions(2006-09)
; ; ;Gopinathan, SaravananSaravanan, VanithamaniThis project examines the extent that the current syllabus for Tamil includes different varieties of both spoken and written Tamil, and asks how it can be revised with the concerns of the community for the longevity of the Tamil language in Singapore in mind. The project uses a focus group-based methodology to address these research questions. In addition, the ideas of three main consultants were sought. Based on this data, a number of recommendations for syllabus revision and a curriculum of the future are tabled in this paper, including the use of a Standard Spoken Tamil, especially at the lower primary level; and a revision of the weighting for spoken and written Tamil in the curriculum.531 146 - PublicationRestrictedAn examination of the use of standard spoken Tamil in Singapore: in the school and media domains and in Tamil classrooms in order to establish SST as an additional resource for the teaching and learning of Tamil(2009-07)
; Saravanan, VanithamaniThis study aims to examine the corpus of Standard Spoken Tamil (SST) in the media and school domains in Singapore, in order to establish SST as an additional resource for the teaching and learning of Tamil. The rationale for this study is that it will lead to instructional strategies that seek to redress the disjunction in the pedagogic context where only one monolithic norm, that of Literary Tamil (LT) prevails. The project aims to ascertain the status Tamil speakers and educators ascribe to the variety of Standard Spoken Tamil(SST) in order to establish a base line for an acceptable speech style for educated Standard Spoken Tamil. This will be used for developing teaching materials in speaking skills for Tamil classrooms. The project has two phases and the second phase is a continuation of the phase 1. Hence both phases share the main research questions except for an additional question for phase 2.284 137 - PublicationOpen AccessAn exploration of attitudes towards various models of English pronunciation among Singaporean teachers: Some methodological considerations(1996-11)
;Saravanan, VanithamaniPoedjosoedarmo, Gloria R.191 975 - PublicationOpen AccessGiving emphasis to spoken Tamil in Tamil language teaching in Singapore(1989-08)
;Saravanan, VanithamaniSripathy, Mahalakshmy157 144 - PublicationOpen AccessHome literacy practices in Singaporean families: Case studies of Indian families(2001-12)
;Saravanan, VanithamaniBalakrishnan, S.160 331 - PublicationOpen AccessInstitutional attempts at language planning in Singapore: Sociolinguistic implications(1995-12)Saravanan, Vanithamani
113 486 - PublicationOpen AccessIntegrative and interactive approaches to the teaching of reading in Singapore secondary schools(1994)Saravanan, Vanithamani
120 271 - PublicationOpen AccessInvestigating socio-cultural processes in language maintenance and shift: A study of three generational families in Singapore(1998-08)Saravanan, Vanithamani
114 145 - PublicationOpen AccessLanguage and social identity amongst Tamil-English bilinguals in Singapore(1994)Saravanan, VanithamaniThe paper examines the position of the Tamil language in Singapore. It is one of the four official languages of the country, but shows signs of decline in recent years relative to English, Chinese and Malay. The reasons for this are explored. Its low social status is the primary factor. Tamil is still associated with poverty and lack of social and political influence. But other factors, some of them more amenable to planned intervention, are also working against it. Formal varieties of the language are still dominant in the media, limiting its popular appeal to many Indians and even its comprehensibility. A prescriptive, language-centred attitude dominates in the schools also, making Tamil increasingly a 'classroom language' that has little likelihood of being used for everyday communication. The paper argues that it will be essential in the coming years to increase the out-of-school use of the language among young Singaporean and Malaysian Tamils. To achieve this it will be necessary to get them to use the language more often in the home, thus bridging the gulf between the formal varieties of the language, associated with school, media, and temple, and the informal varieties that still flourish in everyday transactions.
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138 223 - PublicationOpen AccessLinguistic variation in a Tamil: English bilingual community of speakers(1989-09)Saravanan, Vanithamani
141 144 - PublicationOpen AccessThe maintenance of bilingual and bicultural identities: A case study of minority Indian communities in Singapore(1998)Saravanan, VanithamaniThe paper examines the political and social role of English language in homogenising both majority and minority linguistic communities in Singapore. It examines to what extent the original, distinctive, separate identities expressed in the distinctive language-culture codes have undergone a process of diffusion when overwhelmed by a homogeneous national identity. While there has been a shift to an English-based cultural orientation, it is not a simplistic case of a total cultural assimilation for all groups in the communities. The paper discusses the Tamil speaking community's attempts at maintaining some of their distinctive bilingual and bicultural identities within a multicultural context.
Scopus© Citations 1 180 828 - PublicationOpen AccessThe management of multilingual and multicultural communities in Singapore(2001-12)Saravanan, Vanithamani
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