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A MULTICULTURAL history of Australia...
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Key issues and landmark events in our diverse society...
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A search for real meaning in emotional language...
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3000 pages of reports, articles, speeches, interviews...
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...National Language Policy... |
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"The Silent One".
Artist: Vera Zulumovski. |
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Audio Interviews: |
National Language Policy - Joseph Lo Bianco talks about multilingualism in Australia. - More ... |
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National Language Policy - Professor Jerzy Smolicz dicusses multiculturalism and cultures. - More ... |
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Cultural Diversity in New South Wales - Many People One State (Excerpt) - Stepan Kerkyasharian, Chair of the NSW Ethnic Affairs commission, speaking in Cultural Diversity in New South Wales - Many people One State, Migrants improving their English and communication skills. - More ... |
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National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia - A description of the work and the mandate of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, founded in 1990. - More ... |
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Ministers announce national policy on languages - Media release in 1987 from federal Ministers Mick Young and Clyde Holding on funding for various components of the National Policy on Languages, and the establishment of an advisory council on languages and multicultural education. - More ... |
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Launch of the National Languages Institute of Australia - Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s speech opening the National Languages Institute of Australia in 1990, in which he outlines its role and emphasises the importance of language training for Australia’s future. - More ... |
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Making language policy: Australia’s experience - The author of the report which became the foundation of the National Policy on Languages gives an account in 1990 of the development of the policy and of some of the social processes involved in producing it. - More ... |
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National Policy on Languages - Excerpts of the 1987 report which provided the basis for the National Language Policy; it underscores the need for a good knowledge of English and for all students to study at least one other language, and points out the social and economic benefits of language skills for Australia. - More ... |
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Australian Multiculturalism for a New Century: Towards inclusiveness - In 2003 over 40 languages other than English are taught in Australian schools.
Read in this document about the key commonwealth Lote programs.
Web reference: http://www.immi.gov.au/multicultural
/_inc/publications/nmac/chapt_3d.htm - More ... |
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