Dear RNLDers,<br><br>The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has released the <i>Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Languages</i>, which provides broad directions for the development of languages curriculum. <br>
<br>ACARA will now commence writing the languages curriculum for Chinese and Italian, and a Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.<br><br>A PDF of the paper and the Consultation Report can be downloaded <a href="http://www.acara.edu.au/languages.html">here</a>.<br>
<br>kind regards,<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr Margaret Florey<br>Co-Director and Senior Linguist<br>Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity<br><br>ph: +61 03 9662-4027 (office)<br>PO Box 627<br>Carlton South, VIC 3053<br>
Australia<br><br><a href="http://www.rnld.org" target="_blank">www.rnld.org</a><br>ABN 24 215 634 040<br><br>