Languages In Australian Education

Author : Anthony J. Liddicoat,Angela Scarino
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443818162

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Languages in Australian Education by Anthony J. Liddicoat,Angela Scarino Pdf

Australia has a reputation for sustained work in language policy and has had over 20 years of experience of language policy development. During these years, language policies have sought to increase and reshape languages education in Australian schools, but have had only limited success in achieving their objectives. This means that Australia’s extensive work in language policy has not yet guaranteed a secure place for languages within education. After a period of comparative neglect of languages and multiculturalism, Australia is now entering a new phase of activity in language policy and it is timely to consider critically what has and has not been achieved to date and the reasons why. The aim of this book is to examine the current state, nature, role and purposes of languages in Australian education as a basis for considering a viable, encompassing language education policy. The book is divided into four specific focus areas for discussion, each of which is based on a core theme in Australian languages education: engaging with diversity; the current state of policy and participation in languages education and languages teacher education; current orientations to languages education, and future possibilities and directions in languages education. Underlying the discussion is the recognition that at this particular juncture in languages education policy in Australia it is necessary to re-examine constructs, research, evidence and practice as the basis for renewal. The book presents a collection of papers dealing with each of the themes and aims to give greater focus to the contemporary debates around languages in education in Australia and more generally.

Author : Joseph Lo Bianco,Australia. Department of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040683380

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National Policy on Languages by Joseph Lo Bianco,Australia. Department of Education Pdf

Identifies factors provoking shift from implicit language policies such as denigration of Aboriginal languages to the development of an explicit language policy where bilingualism replaces English monolingualism.

Author : Katie Dunworth,Grace Zhang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319061856

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Critical Perspectives on Language Education by Katie Dunworth,Grace Zhang Pdf

The studies in this volume investigate how multilingual education involves a critical engagement with questions of identity and culture, and a movement towards new ways of being and belonging. It addresses previously under-explored issues, in particular the integration of theories like ‘thirdness’, and practices of language education and maintenance with relevance to the Asia-Pacific region. The analyses reveal the delicate balance of interests of all stakeholders and offer detailed insights into the reality of multilingual education, with specific examples of Chinese, English, Japanese and Tamil. In a globalised world, effective language education has become increasingly important, and the studies presented here have the potential to inform and advance evidence-based multilingual education through adding important dimensions of theoretical exploration and refreshing empirical resources.

Author : Jennifer Joan Baldwin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030057954

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Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education by Jennifer Joan Baldwin Pdf

This book researches the study of languages other than English, and their place in the Australian tertiary sector. Languages are discussed in the context of the histories of Australian universities, and the series of reports and surveys about languages across the second half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how changes in the ethnic mix of society are reflected in language offerings, and how policies on languages have changed as a result of societal influences. Also discussed is the extent to which influencing factors changed over time depending on social, cultural, political and economic contexts, and the extent to which governments prioritised the promotion and funding of languages because of their perceived contribution to the national interest. The book will give readers an understanding as to whether languages have mattered to Australia in a national and international sense and how Australia’s attention to languages has been reflected in its identity and its sense of place in the world.

Author : Richard B. Baldauf,Allan Luke
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853590479

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Language Planning and Education in Australasia and the South Pacific by Richard B. Baldauf,Allan Luke Pdf

Includes papers on Aboriginal language planning, Aboriginal bilingual education and language and education in the Torres Strait separately annotated.

Author : Angela Scarino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Children
ISBN : 0642532672

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Language Learning in Australia by Angela Scarino Pdf

The Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project, begun in 1985 to develop an organizational framework and curriculum guidelines for language instruction in elementary and secondary education, offers a coherent model for curriculum design drawing on recent research on teaching and learning. The first volume in the four-volume series outlines the current context of language teaching and learning in Australia. It contains: an overview of the ALL guidelines; discussion of the values of language learning both for the individual and as a national resource; a summary of the ALL Project; a brief discussion of the need for language curriculum renewal; a description of the school language learning context in Australia, including student characteristics, common program types, the range of languages taught, and conditions promoting school language learning; a review of developments in approaches to language teaching and learning, from classical humanism through reconstructionism and progressivism to the balanced approach of the ALL Project; eight principles to guide the teaching and learning process; discussion of the goals of language learning, including their development, broad categories, and integration in the curriculum; and the framework of progressive, interlocking, and age-related instructional stages proposed by the ALL Project. Contains 79 references. (MSE)

Author : Joseph Lo Bianco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education, Bilingual
ISBN : 0864318375

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Second Languages and Australian Schooling by Joseph Lo Bianco Pdf

Children born into the world on any given day arrive already equipped with a universal potential for acquiring language, any language(s) to which they are exposed and with which they interact. In the case of these same children, within 2-3 years, this potential will have transformed itself into over 5000 different languages being spoken. This suggests that a life lived monolingually misses out on something that is essentially human. Yet, as a result of global and other forces, many of the 5000 or more languages are heading for extinction. Many of them are the first languages of their speakers who, as Professor Lo Bianco confirms, are often relatively few in number. The world's multilingualism is further compromised by serious attrition from the learning provision of additional languages in the educational system. In Section 1 of his review Lo Bianco shows how the odds are stacked against the successful teaching of additional languages in an English-dominated world. He vividly illustrates the many differences between most contexts for a child's successful acquisition of their first language in the home and local community and their often much less successful acquisition of an additional language in a more formal educational setting.

Author : Australia. Department of Employment, Education and Training
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : UCLA:L0066538679

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Australia's Language by Australia. Department of Employment, Education and Training Pdf

Goals; to improve spoken and written English skills of Aboriginal students and adults; provide funding for Aboriginal Language Initiatives Program, develop vernacular curriculum materials and assist in training in language education programs.

Author : Pauline G. Djité
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language and education
ISBN : 1875578331

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From Language Policy to Language Planning by Pauline G. Djité Pdf

Based on an Australian study creating sociolinguistic profiles of nine languages other than English (LOTE) commonly used in Australia, the report examines implications for public language policy and planning. The languages are: Arabic; Chinese; French; German; Modern Greek; Indonesian/Malay; Italian; Japanese; and Spanish. The report begins by giving an overview of the history of commonwealth language policy and outlining state and territory language policy initiatives. It then describes the current state of LOTE and English language policy and offers some background on the theory of language planning. A chapter is devoted to language policy in the context of business and trade. Explanations of trade patterns with the countries represented by the nine languages are offered here. The final chapter explains the project in which the sociolinguistic profiles were created and summarizes them, focusing on three aspects: the individual languages' role in relation to migration and Australian society; quantitative data resulting from the study; and qualitative data emerging from the study. Results of a student attitude survey are also summarized. Contains 172 references. (MSE)

Author : Ruth Wodak,P. Corson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 0792349288

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Encyclopedia of Language and Education by Ruth Wodak,P. Corson Pdf

This volume covers basic fields of Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language; both macro- and micro-domains are presented in the fields of language teaching, minority languages, and problems of language acquisition as well as practical issues of curricula planning and textbook writing. This book addresses students and scholars in the social sciences as well as public officials in education, language teachers and textbook writers.

Author : Australia. Department of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Australia
ISBN : IND:30000061688721

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Towards a National Language Policy by Australia. Department of Education Pdf

Author : Brian Clive Devlin,Samantha Disbray,Nancy Regine Friedman Devlin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811020780

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History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory by Brian Clive Devlin,Samantha Disbray,Nancy Regine Friedman Devlin Pdf

This book provides the first detailed history of the Bilingual Education Program in the Northern Territory of Australia. This ambitious and innovative program began in 1973 and at different times it operated in English and 19 Aboriginal languages in 29 very remote schools. The book draws together the grassroots perspectives of Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners and researchers. Each chapter is based on rich practitioner experience, capturing bottom-up aspirations, achievements and reflections on this innovative, yet largely undocumented language and education program. The volume also makes use of a significant collection of ‘grey literature’ documents to trace the history of the program. An ethnographic approach has been used to integrate practitioner accounts into the contexts of broader social and political forces, education policy decisions and on-the-ground actions. Language in education policy is viewed at multiple, intersecting levels: from the interactions of individuals, communities of practice and bureaucracy, to national and global forces. The book offers valuable insights as it examines in detail the policy settings that helped and hindered bilingual education in the context of minority language rights in Australia and elsewhere.

Author : Gillian Wigglesworth,Jane Simpson,Jill Vaughan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137601209

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Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth by Gillian Wigglesworth,Jane Simpson,Jill Vaughan Pdf

This book explores the experiences of Indigenous children and young adults around the world as they navigate the formal education system and wider society. Profiling a range of different communities and sociolinguistic contexts, this book examines the language ecologies of their local communities, schools and wider society and the approaches taken by these communities to maintain children’s home languages. The authors examine such complex themes as curriculum, translanguaging, contact languages and language use as cultural practice. In doing so, this edited collection acts as a first step towards developing solutions which address the complexity of the issues facing these children and young people. It will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and community development, as well as language professionals including teachers, curriculum developers, language planners and educators.

Author : Christine Walton,William Eggington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015029240325

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Language by Christine Walton,William Eggington Pdf

Conference themes of language and power, language maintenance and language in education suggested in an Aboriginal context; papers separately annotated.

Author : Ruth Arber,Michiko Weinmann,Jill Blackmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351608671

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Rethinking Languages Education by Ruth Arber,Michiko Weinmann,Jill Blackmore Pdf

Rethinking Languages Education assembles innovative research from experts in the fields of sociocultural theory, applied linguistics and education. The contributors interrogate innovative and recent thinking and broach controversies about the theoretical and practical considerations that underpin the implementation of effective Languages pedagogy in twenty-first-century classrooms. Crucially, Rethinking Languages Education explores established understandings about language, culture and education to provide a more comprehensive and flexible understanding of Languages education that responds to local classrooms impacted by global and transnational change, and the politics of language, culture and identity. Rethinking Languages Education focuses on questions about ways that we can develop farsighted and successful Languages education for diverse students in globalised contexts. The response to these questions is multi-layered, and takes into account the complex interactions between policy, curriculum and practice, as well as their contention and implementation. In doing so, this book addresses and integrates innovative perspectives of contemporary theory and pedagogy for Languages, TESOL and EAL/D education. It includes diverse discussions around practice, and addresses issues of the dominance of prestige Languages programs for ‘minority’ and ‘heritage’ languages, as well as discussing controversies about the current provision of English and Languages programs around the world.