Maximising the potential of Australia's language resources: Exploring and developing languages across sectors, schools and communities

Funding: 2011: $92,842
2012: $54,117
2013: $57,019

Project Member(s): Morgan, L.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage Projects)

Start year: 2011

Summary: Australia is resource-rich in languages; this project will explore strategies to co-ordinate and develop these resources across schools and communities. It is the first to take an in-depth focus on key urban and regional sites, identifying how resources can be matched with more effective provisions especially in the area of key Asian languages.

Publications:

Morgan, L & Peter, MG 2015, 'Multimodal Domains and Affordances for Home Language Maintenance Created by Web 2.0 and Mobile Technologies: Intergenerational Impacts', Journal of Technologies in Knowledge Sharing, vol. 10, no. 3-4, pp. 21-32.
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Keywords: languages education; language policy and planning, teacher education, language attitudes and use; languages assessment

FOR Codes: LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Maori), Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics, Expanding Knowledge in Education, Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture, School/Institution Policies and Development, LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy, Schools and learning environments, EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.