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Reading to Learn
Reading to Learn is one of the world’s most powerful literacy programs. It is designed to enable all learners at all levels of education to read and write successfully, at levels appropriate to their age,...
Accelerated Literacy
Why use the Accelerated Literacy pedagogy? Accelerated Literacy gives you a routine for planning, teaching and learning and assessment It gives you tools to be explicit in teaching reading and writing in all subject...
Needs analysis for task-based language teaching: A case study of Indigenous vocational education and training students who speak EAL/EAD
Indigenous students enrol in vocational education and training (VET) programs because they provide a viable pathway into the workplace or further education. However, most high school VET programs use mainstream teaching methodologies which already...
Attitudes of primary school Australian Aboriginal children to their linguistic codes
This study examined the attitudes of 114 Nyungar Aboriginal school children toward Aboriginal English (AE) and Standard Australian English (SAE), and the attitudes they attributed to their teachers and peers. Students were generally positive...
Addressing the Language and Literacy Needs of Aboriginal High School VET Students who Speak SAE as an Additional Language
Vocational Education and Training (VET) in high schools has had positive effects on the retention of Indigenous students, providing important pathways into further education and the workforce. However, low level literacy (and numeracy) skills...
A task-based needs analysis for Australian Aboriginal students: Going beyond the target situation to address cultural issues
While needs analyses underpin the design of second language analytic syllabi, the methodologies undertaken are rarely examined. This paper explores the value of multiple data sources and collection methods for developing a needs analysis model to...
Small Screen Technology Use Among Indigenous Boarding School Adolescents from Remote Regions of Western Australia
The uptake of small screen technology by adolescents is widespread, particularly in industrial nations. Whether the same is true for Australian Aboriginal youth is less clear as there is a dearth of research in this...