Software to help Aboriginal language teaching (fwd)

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Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 10:49:49  AEST

Software to help Aboriginal language teaching
http://abc.net.au/message/news/stories/ms_news_1662566.htm

An Indigenous group in north-west Queensland will use innovative
software to launch a new educational program for Aborigines.

The Camooweal-based Dugalunji Aboriginal Corporation has received more
than $120,000 in Federal Government funding to teach maths and English
using Aboriginal dialects.

Dugalunji Aboriginal Corporation spokesman Colin Saltmere says Mount Isa
TAFE will assist in delivering the courses by August.

"Not only the Indjulundji but the Yorlta people, and if there are other
language speakers in our group - and there is - we hope that they too
can actually interpret that too into their literacy and numeracy
program and then talk to us about taking it back to their communities
and helping build those communities up," he said.