Early language support for Indigenous school learning success (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Early language support for Indigenous school learning success

31/08/2011
AUS
	
Almost three quarters of the 1300 Aboriginal children who enter
Northern Territory schools each year are from families where languages
other than English are spoken in the home.

A review by Charles Darwin University’s Menzies School of Health
Research highlights the importance of additional language support in
the early years to enable success in the school learning of Aboriginal
children.

Menzies Professor Sven Silburn said there was evidence that both
bilingual and English Second Language (ESL) instructional approaches
can be effective but the most effective approach for a specific
community depends on the availability of local language speakers,
community preferences and the availability of suitably trained staff
and other school resources.

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http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2010/Pages/110831-Earlylanguagesupport.aspx