This course is developed to introduce basic Tamil to students with no previous knowledge of the target language. The course will focus on developing the student’s ability to understand basic oral and written information and to actively use the acquired skills in order to communicate both in written and oral forms. They will introduce to the pronunciation and spelling of uyir (vowel), mei (consonant) and uyirmei (consonant vowel). The basic Tamil grammar related to the oral and written will be introduced.