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Learning the Indigenous Languages of NE Arnhem Land, The Northern Territory
We sometimes get the question from people interested in working with people from North East Arnhem Land; ... -
How do Indigenous Languages help Learning outcomes?
To some we may be beginning to sound like a broken record, always talking about the importance of using Indigneous... -
Four hours in English – An Indigenous bilingual teacher’s experience.
A growing group called ‘Friends of Bilingual Learning’ (FOBL) sprang up a few months ago and its members are actively... -
Four hours in English – The NT Government’s Indigenous ed. plan built on misinformation.
The NT Minister for education argues that Indigenous languages have no place in teaching literacy and numeracy in remote indigenous... -
Loss of Indigenous Languages – symptom or underlying cause?
Language is mastery, who ever controls language controls information and those who lack information are marginalised. When we talk of... -
Cross cultural issues confound Australian justice systems.
An interesting report called “An absence of mutual respect” was released at the beginning of June by our friends at... -
English only Education Part 2 – Transfering meaning
For an Indigenous person on a community where English a second or even sixth language all their peers will difficulties... -
English only Education, Part 1- Vocabulary & Word deafness
An English only classroom can mask the problems of not utilising first language knowledge and concepts to teach English. ... -
Local Languages and Effective education
Australia values indigenous languages as shown in our public art, but in practice it is easy to have excuses. There...