English as mother-tongue in Australia

Wayne Sawyer

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    Abstract

    This article reports on some commonalities among the eight education systems in Australia in terms of mother-tongue education. It discusses the context in which mother-tongue education is conducted in Australia, in particular the ‘competition’ to English-as-discipline that comes from ‘literacy’ and from a growing trend towards inter-disciplinary, cross-curricular education.
    Original languageEnglish
    Number of pages20
    JournalL1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • Australia
    • English language
    • literacy
    • mother tongue
    • study and teaching (secondary)

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