Publications

Publication details [#41179]

Devlin, Brian and Anne Lowell. 1998. Miscommunication between Aboriginal Students and their Non-Aboriginal Teachers in a Bilingual School. Language, Culture and Curriculum 11 (3) : 367–389.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

aboriginal | bilingual acquisition | communication breakdown | crosscultural communication | teacher

Language as a subject

English, Australian | Languages, Australian aboriginal

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This paper deals with miscommunication between non-aboriginal teachers and their aboriginal pupils in cross-cultural education in Northern Australian bilingual schools.