Lack of English in remote communites: crisis or win for local language? (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Lack of English in remote communites: crisis or win for local language?

Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Produced by Tim Roxburgh

Story audio [podcast]

New census data shows that around forty per cent of kids in some
indigenous communities in remote South Australia do not speak English
well, or don’t speak English at all. But one expert has warned against
seeing this as a crisis or as a deficiency among these communities. He
says the figures may simply show that these communities have a strong
connection to their own local language and culture.

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http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9373