Teaching Indigenous languages at universities
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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.author | Giacon, John | |
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dc.contributor.author | Simpson, Jane | |
dc.contributor.editor | John Hajek | |
dc.contributor.editor | Colin Nettelbeck | |
dc.contributor.editor | Anya Woods | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Melbourne Australia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:58:09Z | |
dc.date.created | September 26-28 2011 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781921944901 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/60722 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 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.publisher | Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities Colloquium (LCNAU 2011) | |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | |
dc.source | Proceedings of Inaugural LCNAU Colloquium | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.lcnau.org/proceedings/2011-proceedings/ | |
dc.title | Teaching Indigenous languages at universities | |
dc.type | Conference paper | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200405 - Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200319 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9803255xPUB558 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Giacon, John, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Simpson, Jane, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 61 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 73 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 950201 - Communication Across Languages and Culture | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-08-01T08:44:24Z | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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