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Jasmine Seymour is a Dharug woman belonging to the Burubirangal people. Jasmine is a descendant of Yarramundi through the Lock, Morley, Douglas, and Seymour families. Jasmine is a Dharug language teacher, Dharug language activist, an award-winning children's book author-illustrator, a primary school teacher and a language researcher. Jasmine supports Australian language education for all and works towards advocating for and promoting multilingual Indigenous Australia.
Research description
Jasmine is leading research in the area of Dharug language revitalisation, including the development of resources and technology to support Dharug language learning and teaching, as well as 'teach to learn' strategies within the career development of teachers of Dharug language.
Research description
Lead researcher, 'Bayala: Let's Talk Together'. Project funded 2022-24 under the Indigenous Languages & Arts program, Office of the Arts, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Government. University curriculum development and teaching in Indigenous studies including Dharug language.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research outputs
- 2 Article
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Co-constructed co-signed gestures (CoCos) a gesture-based second language teaching toolkit developed in indigenous contexts
Angelo, D., Day, C., Jarrett, M., Poetsch, S. & Seymour, J., 2026, (E-pub ahead of print (In Press)) In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seeing the positives in assessment: contributing to a "literature of doing" school-based Aboriginal language revival programs
Seymour, J. & Angelo, D., 2023, In: Studies in Language Assessment. 12, 2, p. 168-204 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)78 Downloads (Pure)
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Bayala: Let's Talk Together
Seymour, J. (PI), Muranaka, H. (Investigator), Richards, M. (Investigator), Jones, C. (Investigator), Norman, C. (Investigator), Radley, A. (Investigator) & Khamchuang, C. (Investigator)
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications & the Arts
31/08/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Research