Preface
by practical It gives me great pleasure to present A Course in Modern Kannada, comprising three parts, viz., Part A, Kannada A Brief Sketch, Part B Kannada Language Lessons and Part C Kannada writing system in the following pages. First, the student is introduced to various grammatical features of Kannada language, so that he or she would have adequate understanding of the language mechanism. This is reinforced lessons on the grammatical basis, as given under part B. Though it is said and believed that language learning should be done in a natural way, quite often the process of language learning and language teaching takes place in artificial atmosphere, like University/College classes which are not located in the area where the Janguage is spoken. In such a situation the learners will not have chance to listen to how the language is spoken. This situation is more pronounced when the language is taught and learnt in a foreign land. Hence, concentration on the standard form of the language becomes very much a necessity even though it is against the avowed principle of Linguistics. The obtectives also may be learners are intellectuals and their different than what is envisaged by Language Teaching/Learning Theoreticians. As far as we are concerned, Kannada was taught to non-Kannada students of the University courses, as an optional language, in order to help them to understand Modern Kannada Prose literature. Since they had good foundation in their First Language, introducing the grammatical structure first may help them to make a comparison profitably. Thus, the material presented here was primarily used in Annamalai University for 18 years while teaching Kannada language to M.A. students of Linguistics and at the University of Madras, where Kannada was taught as a Paper for the various batches of M.A. students of Malayalam and Telugu, for the last 12 years. Myself and my colleague Dr. C. Ramaswamy have found the material effective, even though we were not able to get it published earlier. The Part C is devoted to the analysis of Kannada writing system. Earlier we brought out cyclostiled copy comprising Part A and B. The demand far exceeded the supply.
Through the efforts and enthusiasm of Dr. C. Ramaswamy, me to revise the Reader in Kannada, it was possible for material and through his best efforts this teaching material was sent for publication. Dr. V. Jayadevan, Director of Publication was kind enough to make arrangements to accept it for publication as a Text Book under the University publications. To these friends of mine, I express my sincere thanks and to the authorities of University also, I am grateful. My other Colleague Dr. A. Srikrishna Bhat, has been helpful to me in his ingenious way by lessening my burden and enabling me to concentrate on my academic persuits. I thank him. My various cheerful students at Annamalai University and Madras University made the classes lively and the language teaching work, a play. Some of them were quick to grasp; some were a bit slow but all were enthusiastic, which gave me a sense of confidence The material presented to publish the material in book form. here is not merely the teaching material of the language, but also comprises fairly a complete description of the language on Modern Linguistic Methodology, taking care to keep away the high sounding jargons. So it is hoped that even if one's objective is not simply mastering Kannada, he or she shall have the benefit of knowing about Kannada. In case one achieves the both, the author cannot suppress his sense of fulfilment.
made by M/s. Nalanda Art I appreciate the best efforts printers, especially Mr. Sundaram, B. Com, Manager, who possible efforts to print the book neatly.
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