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This paper describes an attempt to construct a scale to measure the Internet Usage of Higher Secondary Learners for Learning Tamil. Likerts method (Four points) of scaling was adopted. The researcher constructs the statements; acceptance or rejection of each one would imply a different degree of favorable or unfavorable Internet Usage for Learning Tamil. The statements were then screened and edited in accordance with guidelines suggested by Likerts and others. 66 statements were retained under six dimensions such as Accessibility, Involvement/ Interest, Awareness/ Knowledge, Tamil Content, Teaching and Phobia all statements are positive. Eventually, pilot study was conducted on a 50 Higher Secondary Students in Chennai district. After a pilot study item analysis has been done in each items, 45 statements were retained for the Internet Usage scale based on Item Total correlation value and Discriminatory Index value. The statements finally covered under five dimensions (Accessibility, Interest, Awareness, Tamil content availability and Utilization of web sources for teaching tamil by teachers)(with 9,7,9,10,11 statements respectively). After being administered to 500 Higher Secondary Students (both Boys and Girls) of XI and XII standards studying in Government, Government Aided and Corporation schools from seven districts of Tamil Nadu such as Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Thanjavur. The scale was tested using split-half method and found to be a reliable tool for measuring the Internet Usage of Higher Secondary Learners for Learning Tamil. The scale was also tested for content validity, Face validity and item validity.