School sees pitfalls in Indigenous language studies (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

*School sees pitfalls in Indigenous language studies*

By Frances Adcock and Marlina Whop
Updated Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:36pm AEST

The principal of Cherbourg State School, south-west of Bundaberg in
southern Queensland, says it will be difficult to teach Indigenous
languages in some schools.

A new report is calling on the Federal Government to introduce Indigenous
language education into schools with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
students.

Principal Peter Sansby says it is a good initiative but it may not be
practical in some schools with a diverse range of students.

"In Cherbourg, for example, where the history of Cherbourg is lots of
different cultures, Indigenous cultures and tribes relocating to Cherbourg,
so we could be potentially teaching up to 40 different languages, so that
could pose a difficult conundrum," he said.

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