![]() Tamil Hindu Devotional Songs [CD on Demand] $12.00 Tamil Hindu Devotional Songs by Dr. Seerkazhi S. GovindarajanThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. ![]() Exploring Tamil - Kids Learn Tamil $14.99 Exploring Tamil - Kids Learn Tamil This DVD is very poorly made. Its a ripoff for 14+ bucks. I have ordered a half a dozen DVD from india for [...] bucks each. I will not recommend anyone to buy any of the series by this author. ![]() Tamil for Beginners $40.00 Quality materials on Tamil are hard to find. This is definitely a resource worth having. The book begins with the script, (and the author thoughtfully provides handwritten examples), so that a learner can master the basics of writing before moving into speaking, and avoiding the bother of learning a transcription native speakers can't read and that he/she will never use again. The lessons begin with simple conversations on everyday topics and move on to conversations on more difficult and abstract ideas. Each lesson contains extensive lists of useful vocabulary that can quite readily be plugged into the sentence patterns already learned. To get the most of this book, however, one should also obtain the audio and the accompanying grammar manual (both should be available from Cal Berkeley). The tapes that I obtained were of excellent quality, but the speech is quite slow compared to the astounding rate of speed at which native speakers actually talk; The CDs that accompany Asher's 'Colloquial Tamil', which is also excellent, give the learner a much more realistic picture of what he will encounter when he actually starts to participate in the wonderful world of spoken Tamil. A minus is that there is no answer key for the exercises, which are good and reflect the material presented- this is where knowing a native speaker would come in very handy. |
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