Syllabus

Quad City Tamil school is a closely working with MNTS Tamil School and adopting their curriculum which is mapped to ACTFL

Currently classes are held for the following levels:

  • MAZHALAI
  • BASIC 1 (NOVICE LOW)
  • BASIC 2 (NOVICE MID)
  • BASIC 3 (NOVICE HIGH)
  • INTERMEDIATE LOW II
  • INTERMEDIATE MID

Curriculum

You may click on the links below for the respective syllabus.

Mazhalai (Kindergarten)

  •  Focus primarily on Listening/Speaking skills

Mazhalai

Basic 1 (Novice Low)

  • Focus primarily on Reading all Tamil alphabets & words using Nasan Ayya 32 cards.
  • Also learning to write alphabets and small words. Learn to write small words based on alphabets learned so far, unique to Nasan Ayya cards.
  • Listening, Speaking skills based on NCSSFL can-do statements.
  • iOS and Android “Read Tamil” app will be available July second week which is FREE to use for anyone in the world.

Basic 1

Basic 2 ( Novice Mid)  

  • Focus primarily on Reading & Writing of all words using Nasan Ayya 32 cards.
  • Listening, Speaking skills based on NCSSFL can-do statements.
  • Frequent words Quizlet to practice
  • Essential Vocabulary using Quizlet
    • BASIC 2 students will benefit learning all the words from Novice Low Quizlet set using this link, which is a prerequisite for BASIC 2: Click here

Basic 2

Basic 3 (Novice High)

  • Focus primarily on Reading & Writing all words using Nasan Ayya 32 cards.
  • Listening, Speaking skills based on NCSSFL can-do statements.
  • Frequent words Quizlet to practice
  • Essential Vocabulary using Quizlet
  • BASIC 3 students will benefit learning all the words from Novice Mid Quizlet set using this link, which is a prerequisite for BASIC 3: Click here

Basic 3

Intermediate Low

  • All Intermediate levels were UNIT based with 8 lessons each and homework.
  • UNIT based approach is to make sure students can catchup a semester rather than a year.
  • NCSSFL can-do statements for LSRW skills used as the base for real world scenarios.
  • Graded grammar topics relevant for K12
  • Frequent words list and Quizlet to practice all the words.
  • IPA (Integrated Performance Assessment) based assessment patterns for LSRW
  • Essential Vocabulary using Quizlet
    • UNIT 1 to 3 students will benefit learning all the words from Novice High Quizlet set using this link, which is a prerequisite for UNIT 1 to 3: Click here
    • UNIT 4 to 6 students will benefit learning all the words from Intermediate Low Quizlet set using this link, which is a prerequisite for UNIT 4 to 6: Click here

Basic 4

Intermediate Medium

  • All Intermediate levels were UNIT based with 8 lessons each and homework.
  • UNIT based approach is to make sure students can catchup a semester rather than a year.
  • NCSSFL can-do statements for LSRW skills used as the base for real world scenarios.
  • Graded grammar topics relevant for K12
  • Frequent words list and Quizlet to practice all the words.
  • IPA (Integrated Performance Assessment) based assessment patterns for LSRW
  • Essential Vocabulary using Quizlet
    • UNIT 7 to 18 students will benefit learning all the words from Intermediate Mid and High Quizlet sets using this link, which is a prerequisite for UNIT 7 to 18: Click here

basic 5