Inquiries

Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

Email Address

Towards a global approach to teaching Arabic in Australian universities

  • Tarek Makhlouf & Dr Abdul Samad Abdullah,

Arabic language teaching in Australia should focus more on the culture and global impact of Arabic than its utilitarian value.

What motivates Japanese language learners in Australia and beyond?

  • Hiroko Ohashi & Dr Jun Ohashi,

The common promotional discourses of ‘employability’ and ‘international trade’ related to Japanese language learning do not reflect learners’ motivations.

How well does Australia know China?

  • Professorial Fellow, Anne McLaren,

Enrollments in Chinese Honours programs have fallen off a cliff in the past ten years or so.

INTRODUCTION: The contemporary challenges facing plurilingual societies

  • Associate Professor Michael Ewing,

The power structures needed to create and enforce common systems of communication can simultaneously disadvantage others.

COVID-19 underlines the importance of learning languages via emerging technologies

  • Dr Grace Yue Qi,

Language educators need to seriously take new technologies into account.

DISCLAIMER:

Any opinions expressed on Melbourne Asia Review are those of the contributors and not those of the Review, the Asia Institute or the University of Melbourne.