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What’s the point of teaching languages? : Comments
By Brian Manning, published 12/5/2008A first practical step towards reconciliation in Australia would be to teach a local Aboriginal language in schools.
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Thanks for an easy to read article but you have let yourself be carried away. The aboriginies deal with officialdom - Medicare, Centrelink, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Health etc. in English. They watch TV delivered in English. Everthing written on packaged goods they buy is in English. Why in this country do we have aboriginal adults not having a clue what is being spoken to them in English?