Child at annual Mongolian Festival (Naadam) in Sydney (Image credit: What's On) Maintaining their heritage language is paramount for migrants internationally as language is not just a communication tool. It…
编者注: "土著人民有权建立和管理他们的教育系统和机构, 以适合其文化教学方法的方式, 用自己的语言提供教育"。 (联合国 《土著人民权利宣言》 第14条)。 尽管有诸如此类的国际保护措施, 原住民在教育领域仍然处于劣势地位。 本文着眼于以超语实践理论, 探求解答这一问题的途径。 English version of this article available here. *** 作者: 余星星, Nashid Nigar, 钱祺 *** Tibetan Buddhist stupa and houses…
Tibetan Buddhist stupa and houses outside the town of Ngawa, on the Tibetan Plateau (Image credit: Wikipedia) Editor's note: "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational…
A herder guards the Mongolian script (Image credit: Ayin) As the danger of life-threatening Covid-19 has subsided, Mongols in Inner Mongolia, a region of northern China, have faced a new…
Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech researches early childhood education in an English-Samoan bilingual preschool Early childhood is an important period in the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and linguistic development of a child.…
Dr Van Tran, Charles Sturt University, presented this week's Lecture in Linguistic Diversity In Australia almost a quarter of the population speak a language other than English (LOTE) at home…
President George W. Bush signs the "No Child Left Behind" act in 2002 (Image credit: Wikipedia) In 2001, the United States government responded to the apparent lack of quality education…
Linguistic diversity is a demographic reality, as Dr Alexandra Grey pointed out in her presentation This week, Professor Lisa Lim and her colleagues from Sydney University’ School of Languages and Cultures…
New Zealand's PM wants to raise her newborn daughter bilingually (Source: radionz) New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, plans to raise her newborn daughter bilingually in Māori and English. Her…
Dr Fadila Boutouchent during her guest lecture at Macquarie University When she was in kindergarten, my oldest daughter came home one day talking about "our soldiers" who "went to war for…
Dr Sabine Little during her guest lecture at Macquarie University When my daughter was five years old, she one day solemnly informed me that, from now on, she was no…
Colours of the alphabet February 21 is International Mother Language Day and serves as an opportunity to discuss and promote the use of first-language medium education. The United Nations Educational,…
King Sejong the Great (1397-1450) (Image source: Wikipedia) Today, South Koreans celebrate Hangul Day. Hangul Day is a national holiday to celebrate the Korean script. I am not aware of…
As a parent you know how complicated it is to find a childcare centre for your children: you have a mental list of must-haves and no-goes; you browse the web;…
The Language-on-the-Move team is conducting award-winning research The Language on the Move team is delighted to share news of our multiple-award-winning research! 2017 Australian PhD Prize for Innovations in Linguistics The…
NAIDOC Week 2017 Logo Every year, the first week of July marks NAIDOC Week - a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and recognise the achievements of…