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This study aims to examine student’s attitudes towards Tamil. The study used 100 students randomly selected from high schools of Madurai district through a simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire was administered to collect the data for the study. The study findings suggested that rural Non-Tamil students show significant interest in learning in Tamil in order to survive in that region. Different type of management- institution policies also helped/forced them to learn Tamil language. The students of Dravidian Language group easily accessed and learned more quickly than other language category. Hence, the local people and institutions should help them accordingly to learn Tamil in a short span of time.

Attitude, High School, Tamil Language, Non-Tamil Students

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