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Don t be afraid to pass your first language, and accent, to your kids it could be their superpower
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Tuesday 23 February 2021, 12:09 PM (AEDT) Australia is a multicultural society. There are different traditions, cultures, accents and languages all over the country.
The latest Census data show almost 30 per cent of Australians speak a language other than English, or English and another language, at home. In our latest survey, we have had responses from 281 multilingual families across Australia, who speak a variety of languages at home. They include Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Teo Chew and Spanish.
Barbara Freed establishes the Barbara F Freed Faculty Research Fellowship - Department of Modern Languages - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Rewriting colonial past through culture Bashabi Fraser was recently awarded one of the highest civilian honours of the UK in the New Years Honours list by the Queen, in recognition of her services to education and culture in Scotland. A chat with the Scottish-Bengali academic, writer and artist Debanjan Chakrabarti | | Published 21.02.21, 06:14 AM
First, huge congratulations on this wonderful achievement, Bashabidi. How did you come to know about your name featuring in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list? What were your first reactions?
In November last year, when I had gone to Calcutta to bring my father back with me to Edinburgh, I received a letter through email bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, from the Ceremonial Officer at the Cabinet Office, addressed to ‘Ba