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Teaching Indigenous languages at universities

Giacon, John; Simpson, Jane

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Very few universities in Australia offer courses in Indigenous languages. We discuss the three main types on offer: L1 courses aimed at first language speakers of an Indigenous language, L2 FL courses aimed at Indigenous and non-Indigenous people wanting to learn on Indigenous language which is still spoken by children, and L2 revival courses aimed at Indigenous and non-Indigenous people wanting to learn an Indigenous language that is being revived or restored. We describe the needs and hurdles...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorGiacon, John
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Jane
dc.contributor.editorJohn Hajek
dc.contributor.editorColin Nettelbeck
dc.contributor.editorAnya Woods
dc.coverage.spatialMelbourne Australia
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:58:09Z
dc.date.createdSeptember 26-28 2011
dc.identifier.isbn9781921944901
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/60722
dc.description.abstractVery few universities in Australia offer courses in Indigenous languages. We discuss the three main types on offer: L1 courses aimed at first language speakers of an Indigenous language, L2 FL courses aimed at Indigenous and non-Indigenous people wanting to learn on Indigenous language which is still spoken by children, and L2 revival courses aimed at Indigenous and non-Indigenous people wanting to learn an Indigenous language that is being revived or restored. We describe the needs and hurdles confronting L2 revival courses, illustrating this with discussion about the background to, and development of, Gamilaraay courses taught at the University of Sydney. We also consider the need for university courses in revival languages, and the different roles of university and TAFE (Technical and Further Education) courses.
dc.publisherLanguages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLanguages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities Colloquium (LCNAU 2011)
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.sourceProceedings of Inaugural LCNAU Colloquium
dc.source.urihttp://www.lcnau.org/proceedings/2011-proceedings/
dc.titleTeaching Indigenous languages at universities
dc.typeConference paper
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
dc.date.issued2012
local.identifier.absfor200405 - Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
local.identifier.absfor200319 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB558
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationGiacon, John, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSimpson, Jane, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage61
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage73
local.identifier.absseo950201 - Communication Across Languages and Culture
dc.date.updated2021-08-01T08:44:24Z
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
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