Australia's present and future is multilingual.
Every child in Australia should grow up at least bilingual.
Languages education starts before school life and should continue throughout.
Hi all,
We are a new French preschool centre in North Balwyn. We offer licensed childcare as well as short sessions in Art and Craft, music etc, all with immersion French (for novices as well as fluent French speakers). We are currently taking enrolments for Term 1, which starts next week. Please take a look at www.lepetitparis.com.au N.B: We also offer classes for primary school children and adults.
Please come to the planning meeting for the Bilingual Education Day Conference this Thursday 23rd September at 6:30 pm
To build on the success of a union anti-intervention speaking tour of Steve Patrick and Peter Inverway earlier this year, Melbourne Anti Intervention Collective is planning a bilingual education day conference on a Saturday in November.
In holding the conference we aim to raise awareness about the ban on Aboriginal languages for the first four hours of school days, and associated measures like welfare quarantining that punish students, families and Aboriginal culture for problems created by chronic under-resourcing. On a more local level, we would address questions of the place- or lack of space- for Aboriginal culture and history in the National Curriculum.
Here’s an interesting bit of research to follow up on:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105092607.htm
Mandarin mandarin Bilingual Centre’s program is specially designed to meet the second language acquisition needs of both preschoolers and primary school Mandarin learners.
Our classes are small with 5-6 children per class and divided into 4 age groups. Classes are held in a home like environment with beautiful surroundings to make your child comfortable and ready to learn.
Your child will have lots of fun learning Mandarin in a great atmosphere where they will be immersed in the Mandarin language.
Mandarin mandarin Bilingual Centre is located at 783 Bourke St, Redfern NSW, Australia 2016.
Read more at http://www.mandarinmandarin.com/.
Dr Mandy Scott
In an article last year I discussed the multiple benefits that young children can gain from learning a second language. These benefits include adding to communicative and intellectual skills, and laying the foundation for successful learning of further languages later in life.
This article introduces readers to a growing area of interest among parents – bilingual playgroups.
Over recent months I have visited three language-based playgroups in the ACT. All are providing a bilingual experience for children and highlighting the fact that speaking more than one language is a natural and fun thing to do.
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