Australia: 'Get serious' on teaching languages

[Francis Hult]

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September 30, 2009 12:11am


'Get serious' on teaching languages



Bernard Lane | September 30, 2009

Article from:  The Australian

LIGHTWEIGHT programs that give language learning a bad name should be
wound up as part of a nationwide attempt to engage schools, teacher
training and ethnic communities in a serious culture of language
learning, a new report recommends. "You need a symbolic change," said
Joe Lo Bianco, the University of Melbourne language planner who wrote
the report. "The focus in the debate should now be what constitutes
serious effort (in language learning)."  The report, released today by
the Australian Council for Educational Research, cites the case of a
language teacher who had to service four schools in four days, each
with about 150 students.

Full story:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26143114-12332,00.html



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