Local Language Link-up Workshops
Local Language Link-up Workshops
When the Board of Studies has worked intensively with a school-community Aboriginal languages team for 1–2 years, the next step is to encourage a network of school-community teams who are all working on the same language. This allows schools and communities to learn Language together, and to share language teaching strategies, program ideas and classroom resources. These workshops are jointly coordinated by the Board of Studies NSW, the K–12 Curriculum Directorate of the Department of Education NSW, DET regional offices and the relevant Diocese of the Catholic Education Commission NSW.
A number of local language linkup workshops have been held to date:
- Local Language Linkup: Gumbaynggirr Sharing Workshop, Nambucca, June 2008
- Local Language Linkup: Dhurga Sharing Workshop, Broulee, September 2007
- Local Language Linkup: Dharawal/Dhurga Sharing Workshop, Vincentia, May 2007
- Local Language Linkup: Wiradjuri Sharing Workshop, Parkes, March 2007
- Local Language Linkup: Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Sharing Workshop, Moree, May 2006.
Click here for a report on these workshops Local Language Linkups: Developing regional networks for Aboriginal languages in NSW (Nezmia Hay, Dr Jennifer Munro and Dr Mari Rhydwen, 2007)
Some essential factors to help establish Aboriginal language programs
Local Language Link-up
Local Language Link-up Workshops 2007
Evaluation and reflection
Comments and feedback from participants:
- Thank you for arranging this and including the Catholic sector.
- [Workshops like this assist to] … continue my learning in this area and support our schools and community, particularly those who have not taken the first step.
- [We also need] resource-making days to get together and make and share resources with other schools.