Language
NT’s English in schools policy quashed bilingual ‘creative enclaves’
The Northern Territory has released a draft update to its controversial policy on language in schools. In 2009 the Territory......
Indigenous languages are dying
Communication is vital for everyday life but what happens when your way of communicating disappears? This is happening to Indigenous......
Using technology to save Indigenous languages
When white men first arrived in Australia there were an estimated 250 different Indigenous languages spoken. A National Indigenous Languages......
Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory
In around half a dozen schools in the Northern Territory Indigenous children are taught in English for the first four......
The value of Aboriginal language
The status of Aboriginal languages in Australia is bad. Only about a dozen are naturally passed on from parents to......
The challenges of being an Indigenous singer – in English
Singer songwriter Shellie Morris has performed with artists as diverse as Jimmy Little, The Melbourne Symphony Orhcestra, and Indigenous supergroup......
Benefits of bilingual schooling in the NT
Children achieve better results learning in their first language in the early years of education. This is the finding of......
Bilingual schools on the way out?
The Northern Territory Education Department is failing in its attempt to have Territory schools in remote indigenous communities teach most......
New programme to improve literacy in Indigenous communities
With illiteracy levels in some remote aboriginal communities as high as 93%, education programmes are the way forward. Sonia Gentile......
Bilingual schools in the NT under threat
Bilingual schools in the Northern Territory are set to be radically modified under new plans from the territories Education Minister......