Auslan sign language is emerging as one of the most popular new language options in primary schools – but we’re running out of teachers despite TAFE enrolments soaring. Auslan is emerging as the ...
Before we answer that question, it might be useful to first consider what a “language” is. Spoken languages are naturally developed complex systems that use a set of conventionalised sound-based ...
Getting a class of primary school students to sit in silence for 45 minutes sounds like a tough ask. But when Simone Xirakis tells her students to turn their "voices off", they are happy to oblige.