• 31Jul

  Raising Children in More Than One Language

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  This is a free seminar for parents, grand-parents, care-givers and professionals working with children.

  It will be held in the Sydney Myer Asia Centre, cnr. Swanston Street and Monash Road, University of Melbourne from 12.45pm-5pm on Sunday 31 August 2008

  Presenters are:

  Michael Clyne – an Australian-born bilingual and father of an Australian-born bilingual;

  Suzanne Dopke – a speech pathologist and international authority on raising children bilingually. She is also the mother of two Australian-born bilingual children.

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EVENTS

• 20 Mar 2010 11:00pm
  The MELBOURNE LANGUAGE PICNIC - 2010
  
  
• 21 Feb 2010 3:30am
  CANBERRA UNIVERSITY: Raising Children in more than One Language
  
  
• 7 Feb 2010 1:00pm
  CANBERRA: MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL
  
  
• 9 Dec 2009 1:00am
  MULTILINGUAL PICNIC - Canberra
  
  
• 29 Nov 2009 1:45am
  Raising Children in More than One Language - Free Seminar, Melbourne
  
  
• 11 Oct 2009 3:00am
  MELBOURNE: BILINGUAL EDUCATION FORUM - ITALIAN SCHOOL
  
  
• 24 Aug 2009 9:30am
  Public Meeting in Melbourne on the Suspension of Small Candidature Languages at Year 12 Level
  
  
• 20 Mar 2009 9:00pm
  Harmony Day
  
  
• 18 Mar 2009 8:30am
  Why bilingualism makes a difference
  
  
• 1 Mar 2009 12:00am
  Melbourne’s First Ever Language Picnic
  
  
• 30 Sep 2008 10:30pm
  MLTAQ Biennial Conference
  
  
• 28 Sep 2008 12:00am
  Travel round the world in a day!
  
  
• 5 Sep 2008 12:00am
  Parent/Carer Survey Goes Online
  
  
• 31 Aug 2008 2:45am
  Raising Children in More Than One Language
  
  
• 19 Aug 2008 9:30am
  The Year of Languages Lecture
  
  

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