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Bilingual by far the best chance
Tom Calma

Thursday 18 December, 2008
Bilingual Feat
Australia

The Bilingual school model is an educational framework and a practice which
builds a cultural bridge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous languages and
knowledge systems. Here in Australia, Bilingual education brings together the
cultural richness of two worlds - teaching children to walk in both the
Indigenous world and the non-Indigenous world.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/stories/s2450065.htm