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Not sure if this has had exposure on RNLD before. <br><br><p align="left">Many Indigenous students in Queensland come to school
with rich and complex language and cultural backgrounds. These
backgrounds do not necessarily include Standard Australian English
(SAE) which is of paramount importance to teachers because SAE is the
primary medium for communication within our classrooms and schools.<img alt="" src="http://www.learningplace.com.au/uploads/suborgimages/612/Image/figures3.png" align="right" height="180" width="300"></p>
<p align="left"><em><font color="#333399"><strong>Language Perspectives</strong></font></em>
project focusses on supporting teachers and schools understand and
value the life experiences and language diversity that students bring to
the classroom. </p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333399"><strong><em>Language Perspectives</em></strong> </font>provides information, guidance and professional development in the following areas </p>
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<div align="left">Language situation</div>
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<div align="left">Language awareness</div>
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<div align="left">Language analysis</div>
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<div align="left">Language assessment </div>
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<div align="left">Language teaching</div>
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<div align="left">Language acquisition <br></div>
</li></ul><br><br>If not, here's the link: http://www.languageperspectives.org.au/ <br><br><font style="" face="Tahoma">Eleonora Deak </font><img src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/sun.gif" alt="" height="19" width="19"><br><font style="" face="Tahoma">0428 140 891</font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><br></font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><u><font style="" color="#548dd4">http://picasaweb.google.com/eldeak</font></u></font><br><br><br><br> </body>
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