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‘ … to effectively participate in a globalised world there should be the compulsory learning of a foreign language from 7 years of age or earlier’
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ACCI Skills for a Nation: A Blueprint for Improving Education and Training 2007–2017
Parents have a vital role in advocating the teaching of languages in their schools. View six short case studies which demonstrate how young people have capitalised on their competencies with a second language. Find pamphlets and posters that will assist you to promote Languages in your school. The Languages Open the Door website provides a comprehensive suite of resources to generate discussion in your school.
Slideshow
Click the image to download a PowerPoint file (1.25 Mb) for a parents’ information meeting.
More advocacy tools
The Australian Council of State School Organisations and the Australian Parents Council have established a website, Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World, intended to provide a useful national information resource on all aspects of languages education.
Lia Tedesco, Curriculum Director, Literacy and Languages, Department of Education and Children’s Services, South Australia
Summary of new issues raised by Forum discussion.
