AU: Pupils mark Indigenous language milestone

[Francis Hult]

ABC Online

 

Pupils mark Indigenous language milestone

 

Aboriginal students in Alice Springs have completed Year 12 studies in an Indigenous language for the first time.

 

Dominique Castle from the Alice Springs language centre says five Indigenous students received high NTCE scores in Arrernte language studies in 2007.

Ms Castle says the students' success is a good sign for the future of the Arrernte language in the region.

 

"It's very important to be teaching an Indigenous language and especially to have an Indigenous teacher who's also on the team teaching it, because students are getting the cultural and the language aspect of it and can keep the language alive," she said.

 

Ms Castle says the students even went on a study tour of New Zealand to see how the Maori language is taught in schools. 

 

Full story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/08/2134094.htm

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