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Peer reviewedEltis, K. J. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1978
Discusses the importance foreign language study should have in the Australian school curriculum. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Education, Educational Benefits, Ethnocentrism
Peer reviewedLee, Stephen C. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1978
Presents an overview of the Chinese language teaching situation in Victoria, Australia. (KM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedOgi, Saeki – Babel, 1974
The author reports on the organization and methodology of her Japanese program for the primary grades in Canberra, Australia. (PMP)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Japanese, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Download full textRobinson, G. L. – 1974
The need to broaden the perspective of foreign language study in order to make it available to the majority of secondary students and the place of foreign languages in the curriculum are discussed. This paper suggests that foreign language study be considered a social study. The evidence cited here supports such a conception of foreign language…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedHolt, Ron F. – Babel, 1976
This article presents statistics regarding numbers of students studying various foreign languages in Australia, and notes the decline in language study. It is observed that the range of language offered should be expanded and development of speech skills emphasized. (CHK)
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Language Instruction, Language Programs, National Surveys
Peer reviewedClyne, Michael – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1977
A first report on an attempt to introduce a second language, specifically German, in four state schools in Australia. The rationale, details about the program, a summary of the teaching, the relationship between FLES, bilingual education and general language programs, and the question of continuity are discussed. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, FLES, German
Rado, Marta – 1975
This paper discusses bilingualism from the point of view of language universals, including Fillmore's case grammar, McCawley's "anywhere rules" for lexical insertions and Slobin's operating principles in first language acquisition. It is assumed that first and second language learning is essentially the same, regardless of age. Whereas…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Immigrants
WYKES, OLIVE – 1966
STIMULATED BY THE NEED FOR A REVIVED INTEREST IN AND IMPROVEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN AUSTRALIA, THIS 1964 SURVEY, UNDERTAKEN AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AS A SUPPLEMENT TO A SURVEY MADE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WAS DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE STATE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES, AND…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College School Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum
Bauer, E. W. – AATEFL Newsletter, 1971
Present attempts to integrate migrants linguistically and culturally into Australian society need to be improved. The migrant child must be taught to learn how to learn, and learning experiences must be structured to promote education in school subjects and communication with peers. There is a problem of acculturation; migrant children must be…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Applied Linguistics, Attitudes, Biculturalism
