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The importance of student perspectives in evaluating Asia literacy in Australia
Research on how students actually engage with Asia literacy.
WEBINAR: How learning Asian languages changes your worldview
Panellists discuss gaining new levels of personal inter-connectedness and cultural understanding through language learning.
INTERVIEW: Is Asian Studies and ‘Asia literacy’ in crisis in Australia and what is its future?
Government needs to signal to universities that Asia literacy is a skill-set employers want.
Australia would be a better regional neighbour if it were better at Asian languages
Enrolments in Asian language programs in Australia are too low. A look at why Japanese has been so successful may help.
Australia needs to make languages compulsory
If Australia really wants to increase its literacy in Asian and other languages it needs to make language learning compulsory in Australian schools.
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