Elementary Tamil student

204 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Ph: 608-261-1194
Fax: 608-265-3062

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Ean Barnard
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Michael Kruse
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Administrative Director:
Laura J. Hammond
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Academic Director:
Don Davis, Jr.
drdavis@wisc.edu

Director, Summer Program
in Madison:
J. Mark Kenoyer
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Chair, Board of Trustees:
Susan S. Wadley
sswadley@syr.edu

SASLI is an affiliate member of the Association for Asian Studies.

SASLI is partially funded by the Department of Education.

Tamil

Levels offered: Elementary, Intermediate

Click below to see a video:

SASLI Faculty is hired on a summer-by-summer basis. Both faculty and textbooks may change from year to year.

2009

Elementary Tamil

Lecturer: D. Samuel Sudanandha

Teaching Assistant: Kristen Rudisill

Textbooks:

K. Paramasivam and James Lindholm. Basic Tamil Reader and Grammar. Two Volumes. Evanston, Illinois: Tamil Language Study Association, 1980. (Includes cds for both 'written' and 'spoken' varieties of Tamil)

E. Annamalai. The "Jim and Raja" Conversations. Evanston, Illinois: Tamil Language Study Association, 1980. (Including cds)

(All necessary textbooks for this course will be sold at the SASLI office, 204 Ingraham Hall, during the first week of class.)

Syllabus: 2009 Elementary Tamil Syllabus

Intermediate Tamil: Cancelled*

*When classes are cancelled it is usually due to low enrollment. Please be sure to apply to SASLI as early as possible to help ensure that your class will be offered.

2008

Elementary Tamil

Lecturer: D.Samuel Sudanandha

Teaching Assistant: Vivek Bharathan

Syllabus: Elementary Tamil 2008

Textbooks: All necessary textbooks for this course will be sold at the SASLI office, 203 Ingraham Hall, during the first week of class.

Intermediate Tamil: Cancelled*

*When classes are cancelled it is usually due to low enrollment. Please be sure to apply to SASLI as early as possible to help ensure that your class will be offered.

Above: Tamil language students put together a class performance video as a midterm project. (Summer 2008)

For full video download please click HERE

2007

Elementary Tamil

Lecturer: Samuel Sudanandha

Teaching Assistant: Vivek Bharathan

Syllabus: Elementary Tamil 2007

Intermediate Tamil

Lecturer: Sankaran Radhakrishnan

Syllabus: Intermediate Tamil 2007