Publications

Publication details [#43129]

Courcy, M. de. 2005. Policy Challenges for Bilingual and Immersion Education in Australia: Literacy and Language Choices for Users of Aboriginal Languages, Auslan and Italian. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (2/3) : 178–187.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | language choice | language policy | literacy | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Auslan | Italian | Languages, Australian aboriginal

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article discusses political, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of heritage language education in Australia, considering in particular literacy and language choices for Australian Aboriginal, Italian and Auslan users.