Remote Kids ‘Need English to Prosper’
FAILING to provide indigenous children in remote communities the same skills in English as the rest of…
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Aboriginal leaders reject call to halt English lessons
A PROMINENT literacy academic responsible for training English teachers has challenged the need for Aboriginal children in…
Opinion: Teaching in Mother Tongue Key to Engaging Indigenous Students
IT WAS reported last week that Australian jail populations have “risen sharply” in the past year. In…
Language Barrier in Nod For All People
THE bipartisan committee putting forward changes to the Constitution to acknowledge Aborigines has rejected the introduction of…
Indigenous Language Resources at the National Library of Australia
lluminating Indigenous languages in the National Library’s unique Manuscripts collection. Fragments of an Aboriginal language are still…
Aboriginal Language Rights
Ghil’ad Zuckermann is Professor of Linguistics and Endangered Languages at the University of Adelaide. He joined our…
that munanga linguist – The subtle devaluing of Aboriginal languages
that munanga linguist Language man working on Aboriginal languages occasionally sharing his thoughts… …
Muting Indigenous Language Support Only Widens the Gap
Indigenous languages are under attack yet again. The federal budget, released on May 13, includes a substantial…