Canberra Region Languages Forum Update August 2014

Some information about language-related activities and issues that may be of interest:

• ANU language teaching forum: Persian language online - obstacles and opportunities, Wednesday 6 August 2014, 4.15 – 5.15 pm
• Australian K-10 curriculum for Chinese, French, Indonesian and Italian now online 
• Two articles of interest: How we kill languages and fail our cleverest children, and The importance of literacy in the home language: the view from Australia 
• Indonesian language evening classes for adults 
• Join in Love2Read and the Reading Hour –Tuesday 19 August, 6pm – 7pm
• Read along with a book in Mandarin on 2XX (98.3FM), 6.30-7pm on Friday evenings.
• Skype promises to break the language barrier?
• ACT branch of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) - NAATI Revalidation Issues and AGM, Saturday, 16 August 2014, 2pm – 4.30pm

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