22.4905, Media: Australian politician Bishop: Asian languages are a must

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Subject: 22.4905, Media: Australian politician Bishop: Asian languages are a must

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Date: 28-Nov-2011
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Australian politician Bishop: Asian languages are a must


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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:47:12
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Australian politician Bishop: Asian languages are a must

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Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia Julie Bishop talks about her 
language policy goals.

"I believe that we should have a much greater focus on a second language. . . 
In fact my view is it should be mandatory."

She then goes on to specifically mention Mandarin, Japanese, and Indonesian 
as possible languages of focus.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/asian-language-should-be-
mandatory-for-australian-schoolchildren-julie-bishop-says/story-e6frfku0-
1226207239286 


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