Canberra Region Languages Forum Update February 2013

The February Update contains information about: 

• Languages at the Multicultural Festival in Civic Friday 8 February - Sunday 10 February 2013
• Free language related activities for children at the Multicultural Festival on Saturday 9 Feb, and at Gungahlin Library Thursday, 7 and 14 February 
• A chance to publicise language programs and find out about local language-related activities at the festival on Sunday 10 Feb
• New language programs at ANU: Diploma of Languages and Portuguese language unit.
• Free language resources in many languages, including children's books from around the world
• AIATSIS public forum: Language Revitalisation, Wed 13 February 2013, 1:30-3.30pm
• Seminar for families raising children in more than one language, Saturday 23 March, University of Canberra
• How to comment on the draft curriculum for Italian and Mandarin languages in Australian schools 
• Language conferences in Canberra in July 2013:  Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU), 3 -5 July, Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations 5-8 July, National Chinese Teachers' Conference, July 6 and 7
• News from the telephone interpreter service (TIS) national
• Resources from the Dept of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) 

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