<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">RNLD Manager</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:manager@rnld.org">manager@rnld.org</a>></span><br>Date: 5 November 2014 at 13:48<br>Subject: [RNLD] Fwd: Learning Indigenous languages — can universities help?<br>To: rnlist <<a href="mailto:r-n-l-d@unimelb.edu.au">r-n-l-d@unimelb.edu.au</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p>Dear all<br>
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<p>We would like to invite you to attend a workshop “Learning Indigenous languages — can universities help?" preceding the Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the University of Newcastle through
the Wollotuka Institute and the Australian Linguistics Society Conference organising team for this workshop.</p>
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<p><b>Date:</b> Tuesday 9 December, </p>
<p><b>Time:</b> 12 - 5 pm</p>
<p><b>Place:</b> Wollotuka Institute, Birabahn Building, Callaghan Campus, University of Newcastle, Ring Road (near Design Bus Stop and Parking areas P2 and P6. See campus map:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.newcastle.edu.au/about-uon/our-environments/our-campuses/newcastle/map" target="_blank">http://www.newcastle.edu.au/about-uon/our-environments/our-campuses/newcastle/map</a>)</p>
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<p><i>Background:</i></p>
<p>Indigenous language awareness is essential for professions such as teachers, legal and health professionals, community and language revitalisation workers. And yet training in Indigenous languages is rarely available to them through university
courses on Indigenous Australian languages. Nor are there many tertiary courses for speakers of Indigenous languages to enrich their study of their first language. None of the languages still spoken by children have a university on their country, thus restricting
their access. This workshop aims to bring together people who want to improve the situation, and to discuss what universities could do to get more language skills into the hands of people doing</p>
<p>grass-roots language work. </p>
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<p>This workshop will provide input into an Office of Learning and Teaching sponsored web portal to make languages more visible in Australian universities, including Indigenous Australian languages.</p>
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<p><b>Format</b></p>
<p>Session 1 "showcase" format of 10 minute presentations on what people are doing</p>
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<p>Session 2: workshop groups exploring focus questions</p>
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<p>If you would like to present we would be grateful to receive one paragraph descriptions of presentations, and one to two focus questions for discussion. We encourage participants to prepare a poster, or single Powerpoint slide, to accompany their
brief presentation.</p>
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<p>If you wish to participate but not give a presentation, you are still</p>
<p>welcome to propose one or two focus questions that you would like to have</p>
<p>discussed in a workshop group, and bring with you some kind of visual</p>
<p>representation of your work or interests.</p>
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<p><b>Deadline 1 December </b>for expressions of interest in presenting and/or attending: </p>
<p>e-mail Jim Wafer: <a href="mailto:James.Wafer@newcastle.edu.au" target="_blank">James.Wafer@newcastle.edu.au</a> <br><span><font color="#888888">
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