[EDLING:281] Australia: Picture dictionaries to boost Aboriginal language teaching

[Francis M. Hult]

ABC News

Picture dictionaries to boost Aboriginal language teaching

Teachers at the Anangu Lands Education Conference in Alice Springs are being 
urged to use picture dictionaries to help Aboriginal students learn in their 
native language.

A total of five picture dictionaries for different Indigenous languages in 
central Australia are planned.

Paul Eckert is presenting a workshop at the conference on how teachers can use 
the book in their classrooms.

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