Last updated: 14 September 2009
Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
Main Contents Page:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...
ABC FOUR CORNERS REPORT: "GOING BACK TO LAJAMANU"
- Extended Interviews and Video; Reports and Resources; News
ABC Four Corners TV: "Going Back to Lajamanu"
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20090914/language/
14 Sep 09: "Should Aboriginal children in remote schools be taught in their own language or in English? ...
Reporter Debbie Whitmont travels to the Top End to discover what will happen following a government move to scrap a controversial 35 year-old experiment in bilingual education."
[Includes extended interviews with:
* Kumanjayi Nungarrayi, Elder, former teaching assistant, Yuendumu community
* Djuwalpi Marika, Chairman, Yirrkala School Council
* Wendy Baarda, Former teacher-linguist, Yuendumu School
* Gary Barnes, CEO, NT Education Department]
- Program Transcript
ABC Four Corners TV: "Going Back to Lajamanu"
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2009/s2685585.htm
"Read the program transcript for Debbie Whitmont's report "Going Back to Lajamanu", first broadcast 14 September 2009."
- Further Reading
ABC Four Corners TV: Further Reading
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2009/s2685541.htm
14 Sep 09: "View key reports, statistics and news related to indigenous education in the Northern Territory. Includes a detailed chronology of the government's bilingual education policy."
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About WGAR News:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/30/about-wgar-news-working-group-for-abo...
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WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)