Languages Action Alliance: Lingo » Indigenous http://www.lingo.org.au early childhood languages education in Australia Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 DON’T CUT OFF OUR TONGUES! http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues-the-issue-continues/ http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues-the-issue-continues/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:17:04 +0000 BrigitteL http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues-the-issue-continues/ Check the link below for recent developments on the issue of bilingual education in the Northern Territory.

Expert blasts bilingual education changes

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/07/2678651.htm

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]]> http://www.lingo.org.au/going-back-to-lajamanu/feed/ 0 DON’T CUT OFF OUR TONGUES! http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues/ http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:31:36 +0000 BrigitteL http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues/ In September (14 or 18), the ABC Four Corners program will present a documentary on the Lajamanu Two-Way language programme, one of the NT bilingual programmes that is due to be dropped.

Please join in a ‘postcard’ mail-out campaign to lobby against this decision. There are two types of postcards:

- ‘Don’t cut off our tongues’ , addressed to Paul Henderson (NT
Chief Minister).
- ‘Reinstate bilingual education’, addressed to our MP Julia Gillard.

The postcards will be available in a couple of weeks. To support this initiative, please contact Greg Dickson, either by email (greg.dickson@batchelor.edu.au) or
c/- Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Katherine Annexe
PO Box 1896
Katherine NT 0851

and let him know which version and how many postcards you want. Distribute them amongst your friends, family and contacts, and ask them to forward on to the targeted parties.

Any other questions can be directed to Felicity Meakins via email, felicity.meakins@manchester.ac.uk.

]]> http://www.lingo.org.au/dont-cut-off-our-tongues/feed/ 0 Celebrate the International Year of Languages: Travel round the world in a day! http://www.lingo.org.au/celebrate-the-international-year-of-languages-travel-round-the-world-in-a-day/ http://www.lingo.org.au/celebrate-the-international-year-of-languages-travel-round-the-world-in-a-day/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:01:20 +0000 ronsman http://www.lingo.org.au/?p=171

Sunday 28 September 2008, 10am-5pm

Explore the many languages of the Canberra region

Enjoy music, dance and food from many cultures

Join a free workshop! Try your hand at Arabic, Greek, Korean, Indonesian, Mandarin, Spanish, or an indigenous language; explore the Cyrillic script or Japanese writing; make a podcast in another language, hear how languages can be a career asset …

Roam around the stalls and discover the world’s languages!

Find out how and where they are taught in the Canberra region

Click here to download the event poster in PDF format

Click here to download the event poster in Word format

Receive a ‘global passport’ and get it stamped for each language you know or learn about on the day.

Raising a child in more than one language?

Share your experiences with other parents, hear some success stories, and discover more about the benefits of bilingualism (11.30am−12.30pm)

Have an opinion about language education in the ACT?

Talk to the politicians and leaders who make the policies (2pm−3pm)

Free admission

Fun for all ages

WHERE? University of Canberra: Main Concourse, Building 1 and Building 2

For more details, contact Faiz on 6201 2333 or email mandy.scott@canberra.edu.au

Click here to download the event poster in PDF format

Click here to download the event poster in Word format

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