Writing on wall for remote tongues (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Writing on wall for remote tongues

BY: PATRICIA KARVELAS From: The Australian January 26, 2012 12:00AM

A NATIONAL bilingual syllabus is urgently needed in schools in
Aboriginal communities to slow the rapid decline of indigenous
languages, the new peak Aboriginal congress has told the Gillard
government.

The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples said the rollout of
bilingual education in indigenous schools should become one of the
government's immediate priorities.

Co-chairwoman Jody Broun said the congress had asked an inquiry into
language-learning in indigenous communities -- conducted by the
parliament's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs committee
-- to ensure that the decline of languages was immediately addressed.

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