“First language first” is a fundamental premise of bilingual education, but not in the Cocos Islands, where children are being punished for speaking their native Cocos Malay, writes Pauline Bunce.
Language education
Open letter to Marion Scrymgour
I believe our bilingual program has been working well because all our children who go to school in Yuendumu speak our Warlpiri language very well and we have strong Warlpiri families, writes Cecily Napanangka Granites.
Classroom English will be the death of Aboriginal languages
Retention of Aboriginal languages should matter to all of us, says longtime NT teacher Wendy Baarda.
Kevin 07 in chapter and verse
Kevin was rock and roll, Kevin was angry. Even delivering broadband makes Kevin cross. Or is that determined? Jonathan Green ponders the ALP campaign launch.
