From IndiaLiving in Madras, India (19:03 UTC+05:30)
About Me
italki teacher since Jul 22, 2025
InterestsFilms & TV SeriesReadingWritingMusicFood
Hello!
I am really glad to know your interest in learning Tamil, the oldest language in the world.
I’m Tamilselvi, a native Tamil speaker from Chennai.
Friendly, flexible and approachable tutor
A decade of experience in software engineering and deep roots in Tamil education (studied in Tamil medium school)
Tutoring experience of 4+ years
Me as a Teacher
4 years of working experience as a Tamil teacher.
Teaching Reading , Writing and Spoken Tamil online
I teach from beginner level to Advanced level students
I am very passionate about teaching
I provide personalized lessons for each student
My lessons & teaching style
I teach Reading, Writing and Spoken Tamil
I assist kids on their academic Tamil as well
I have step by step, detailed study materials for learning Tamil which I share with my students
My classes will be very engaging and interactive
I make my students feel comfortable and makes the language learning a fun experience.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Homework Assignments
Teaching experience
2022 - Current
TutorNA - Chennai, IndiaI am handling both online and offline classes
Education
2004 - 2008
Bachelor’s - Production EngineeringPSG College of Technology
5.0
Rating
14
Students
100
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
14
Students
100
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Tamil Lessons
Trial Lesson
5 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Reading, Writing and Spoken Tamil for all level students
A1 - C2Language Essentials90 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Package with 17% off
Learn to converse in Tamil - Step by step approach
A1 - C2Conversation5 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Package with 18% off
Availability
16 Reviews
Isabelle Milic
2 Tamil lessons
Teacher’s pick
Tamilselvi akka is an amazing teacher- she is able to explain grammar and language structures clearly and has great resources for her students.
Aug 15, 2025
Gary Holland
13 Tamil lessons
Great lesson with Tamilselvi. We continued learning the letters for loanwords. We also reviewed a number of the consonant/vowel combinations. After that, we continued on to spoken Tamil and learned more about common verbs. Tamilselvi gave me different options and asked me about what was important for me to learn, which I really appreciated. Tamilselvi does a nice job of reviewing to make sure I understand!
Mar 30, 2026
Gary Holland
13 Tamil lessons
Great lesson with Tamilselvi! We learned two new vowel-consonant combinations. We looked at many example words using the new combinations. Tamilselvi helped me understand and fix my mistakes with reading and pronunciation. We also reviewed a bit of spoken Tamil. Tamilselvi does a real nice job of using many words to make sure that I understand how to read them!
Mar 16, 2026
Gary Holland
13 Tamil lessons
Great lesson with Tamilselvi! We reviewed several more sets of consonant/vowel combinations. We also learned some new words using these combinations, and Tamilselvi showed me how to write my name in Tamil. After that, we worked on spoken Tamil. Tamilselvi does a nice job of going through the materials and reviewing the letters!
Apr 6, 2026
Gary Holland
13 Tamil lessons
Great lesson with Tamilselvi! We learned the consonants combined with the "ao" vowel and read words that contain that combination. We also practiced spoken Tamil and learned about subject-verb agreement. Tamilselvi's lesson is low-stress and she does a good job of explaining the concepts!
Mar 23, 2026
Gary Holland
13 Tamil lessons
Great lesson with Tamilselvi! We learned two new varisai combinations, and learned many words using them. We also did some basic conversation. Tamilselvi helped clear up some of the confusion I had over letters that look similar and also gave some pointers on pronunciation!