Newspaper Articles

• Languages - Headstart - The Courier Mail - August 5th 2008

this article was written by Vice President Cynthia Dodd

• Immersion school drops textbook methods - October 12, 2008 - 12:00AM

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• Demand for Asia study overhaul - October 12, 2008 - 12:00AM

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• Minding our language - October 12, 2008 - 12:00AM

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Page 3   Languages of learning MORE than 90 per cent of students in almost 50 government schools have a language background other than English, data shows. And in two Sydney secondary schools— Punchbowl Boys High and Auburn Girls High — every single student was raised in a home...Bruce McDougall Education Reporter The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)  |  6 Feb 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 14d. 5h. ago  | Page: 3

Page 32   A hit at Lightning THERE’S a new soundscape around the parched streets of Lightning Ridge in far northern NSW: children’s voices speaking Aboriginal languages. Black and white students at Lightning Ridge Central School are learning Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay, thanks to...By CLAIRE HARVEY The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)  |  8 Feb 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 12d. 6h. ago  | Page: 32

Page 21   Disappointing IT is, indeed, a disaster that so few students are studying foreign languages, but no surprise. Amature language policy would require some hard decision-making to restrict the choice of languages to one, at most two, European and Asian languages in... The Advertiser Metro Edition  |  2 Jan 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 49d. 8h. ago  | Page: 21

Page 23   The Australian  |  21 Jan 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 30d. 5h. ago  | Page: 23

Page 13   Townsville Bulletin  |  11 Feb 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 9d. 5h. ago  | Page: 13

Page 7   The Advertiser State Edition  |  31 Dec 2008  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 51d. 7h. ago  | Page: 7

Page 30   Reviving Ireland’s lost tongue WHO will help Ireland revive native language? Joe Lo Bianco, an Australian born in the Victorian country town of Myrtleford to Italian tobacco farmers. He readily acknowledges it may seem odd for an Aussie to play in the Gaelic league but language...Bernard Lane The Australian  |  21 Jan 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 30d. 5h. ago  | Page: 30

Page 29   Call to nurture the English language empire BRITAIN’S colonial empire is long gone but the language that helped run and often unite it has helped build an empire of a different kind. This English language empire needs to be nurtured and protected by universities in Englishspeaking countries...Aban Contractor The Australian  |  21 Jan 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 30d. 5h. ago  | Page: 29

Page 7   LINGUIST: Hilton Adelaide concierge Kurt Longbottom says learning languages has come in handy in his job.Picture: MATT CARTY The Advertiser Metro Edition  |  31 Dec 2008  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 51d. 5h. ago  | Page: 7

Page 32   Indian local-language script is web giants’ talking point THE next chapter of the World Wide Web will not be written in English alone. Asia already has twice as many internet users as North America, and by 2012 it will have three times as many. Already, more than half the search queries on Google come from...DANIEL SORID The Age  |  2 Jan 2009  |  Australia  |  English  | Released: 49d. 3h. ago  | Page: 32