MALAYALAM MISSION
CENTER AT CHENNAI
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| Prof.John Kurakar & Friends |
After queuing up to learn Japanese, Chinese and German, some Chennaiites are now trying to catch up with a language closer home-Malayalam. The Kerala government's Malayalam Mission-an avenue for children of Malayalees outside Kerala to learn their mother tongue - has found takers among Tamils too. S Rajagopalan, a 42-year-old customs officer whose mother tongue is Tamil is among those who want to learn the language. The programme, to be launched in the city on Sunday will open 150 training centres in different parts of the city. Malayalee housewives in Chennai would be teaching the language with a prescribed format. Students of basics will be given a certificate after the course spread over 40 sessions. The programme also includes higher levels of Malayalam study.
"I speak a little bit of Telugu and Kannada, and would like to pick up Malayalam" says Rajagopalan, who has many Malayalee friends. While it is the desire to converse in many languages that attracted Rajagopalan to Malayalam Mission, 45-year-old Viswanatha Iyer, a resident of Puzhuthivakkam, has business reasons to take the course. "I travel a lot to Kerala and the Gulf where I have to interact with a lot of Malayalees. Knowing the language would help," says Malayalam Mission Chennai chapter president M Nandagovind. The programme will have 150 training centres in the city and the suburbs. About 90 teachers have completed training for the programme to take lessons prepared by Malayalam language scholars. "To begin with, we are planning to organise classes at the houses of Malayalee families in the city. The programme is getting a warm welcome from different sectors," said Nandagovind. The Language Institute of Kerala government has prepared the syllabus. "Malayalee children living in the city will be the major beneficiaries of the programme," said. He added that there would also be advanced certificate courses, including a higher diploma and senior higher diploma programmes, for those interested in advanced studies. The programme launched two years ago in Delhi had been a success.
"I speak a little bit of Telugu and Kannada, and would like to pick up Malayalam" says Rajagopalan, who has many Malayalee friends. While it is the desire to converse in many languages that attracted Rajagopalan to Malayalam Mission, 45-year-old Viswanatha Iyer, a resident of Puzhuthivakkam, has business reasons to take the course. "I travel a lot to Kerala and the Gulf where I have to interact with a lot of Malayalees. Knowing the language would help," says Malayalam Mission Chennai chapter president M Nandagovind. The programme will have 150 training centres in the city and the suburbs. About 90 teachers have completed training for the programme to take lessons prepared by Malayalam language scholars. "To begin with, we are planning to organise classes at the houses of Malayalee families in the city. The programme is getting a warm welcome from different sectors," said Nandagovind. The Language Institute of Kerala government has prepared the syllabus. "Malayalee children living in the city will be the major beneficiaries of the programme," said. He added that there would also be advanced certificate courses, including a higher diploma and senior higher diploma programmes, for those interested in advanced studies. The programme launched two years ago in Delhi had been a success.
Prof. John Kurakar
3 comments:
I live near anna nagar. where can i find a center close to anna nagar.
Search Malayalam mission xhennai chaoter or contact Malayalam mission Chennai association u find
Dose Malayalam mission in nugambakM or royapetta ....
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