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The examinations for basic level will be under Three modes: | ||
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Oral Examination - 100 Marks II. Visual Examination - 100 Marks III. Written Examinatin - 100 Marks |
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| I. Oral Examination | 100 Marks | ||
| Pronunciation Test: Each student should be tested orally for the correct pronunciation of the Tamil characters covering vowels, consonants, Vowel Consonants and the difference in pronunciation between la, La and za; Na, n'a and na; and ra and Ra | |||
| 75 Marks | |||
| Recitation of Rhymes: The rhymes included in the basic level will be recited by the students. | |||
| 25 Marks | |||
| II Visual Examination | 100 Marks | ||
| This test should be based on identification of the words from the pictures. The pictures shall be taken from the glossary table. This test will have two components: | |||
| 1. Showing the picture and asking the child to tell the word. | 50 Marks | ||
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For the given word, asking the child to identify the picture. from a group of pictures shown |
50 Marks | ||
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test can be held with the help of computers or hard copy pictures. (Click here for Pictures.) |
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| III Written Examination | 100 Marks | ||
| Written examination is mainly to test the capabilities of knowing the words and the spelling. This can include | |||
| 1. Filling in the blanks with the next six letters of the Alphabets. | 15 Marks | ||
| 2. Writing the vowel consonants combining the given vowels and consonants. | 5 Marks | ||
| 3. Finding out the given letter in the listed words. | 5 Marks | ||
| 4. Finding names of objects in the pictures from the given name list. | 5 Marks | ||
| 5. Drawing the sketches of the objects denoted by the given words. | 10 Marks | ||
| 6. Writing the word beginning with the given letter. | 10 Marks | ||
| 7. Filling in the blanks. | 10 Marks | ||
| 8. Re-writing the given song without mistake. | 25 Marks | ||
| 9. Word Tree. | 10 Marks | ||
| 10.
Writing the names. |
5 Marks | ||
| Click here for model question paper for the written examination. | |||