Australia: More support needed for first languages

[Francis Hult]

The Australian



More support needed for first languages



Teaching indigenous children in their mother tongue will help lift literacy rates and school attendance, a federal parliamentary committee says.



The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs committee has spent more than 12 months looking into language learning in indigenous communities.



Its report, tabled in parliament on Monday, made 30 recommendations and called on federal, state and territory governments to offer bilingual education programs from the earliest years of learning.



Full story:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/more-support-needed-for-first-languages/story-fn3dxiwe-1226475717085
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