National Tamil Standards were rated as ‘Approve with Minimal Changes’, a proud moment for all of us.
It is a proud moment for all of us that the document rating has been awarded as ‘Approve with Minimal Changes’ for National Tamil Standards. Standards Collaborative Board from ACTFL approved the National Tamil Standards proposed by ATTA; suggested recommendations will be amended. And our edits and changes will be made to the document, creating […]
Proposed Tamil National Standards for US – Info sessions for US Tamil Teachers
American Tamil Teachers Association ATTA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting! Please note the new meeting link via Zoom. Sorry about the change and to accommodate up to 500 participants we are using Zoom. Make sure to update and share with US Tamil Teachers. You can also save the 5 sessions to your […]
Invitation to join ATTA
Dear Friend of our beloved Tamil Language: Please consider this invitation to participate in a focus group that will be tasked with creating the national standards for Tamil. The present landscape: Throughout the United States, we have over 15,000 youngsters studying spoken and written Tamil. Our children participate in heritage schools and are taught the language […]
Some 2,500 languages face extinction: UNESCO official
Nearly 2,500 languages worldwide are at risk of extinction, a Turkish official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Feb. 21. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Öcal Oğuz, chairman of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, said nearly 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide. Read more at https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/some-2-500-languages-face-extinction-unesco-official-162589 Courtesy: […]
Why biliteracy programs are needed more than ever
Bilingual programs have been shown to be effective in a number of ways, not just for learning English but in areas from cross-cultural competency to cognitive flexibility. Read more at https://districtadministration.com/why-biliteracy-programs-are-needed-more-than-ever/ Courtesy: District Administration
Survey data sheds light on Indigenous languages, traditional activities across North
Less than one in 10 Indigenous Yukoners can speak or understand an Indigenous language, and young people across the North were far less likely to understand even a few words than their parents’ generation. That is one among many observations given new weight by data from the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey released this month. Read […]
The Status of Tamil Language Study in the United States
Weekend Tamil Schools
300+
No. of Tamil Students
30,000+
No. of Tamil Teachers
5,000+
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”
– Nelson Mandela
Goals
- To create and maintain National assessment standards for Tamil
- To help Tamil teachers all over North America become certified assessors for the Tamil Language
- To provide teacher training
- To further the common interests of Tamil teachers