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Connecting Younger Second-Language Learners and Older Bilinguals: Interconnectedness and Social Inclusion
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Clyne, Michael; Cordella, Marisa; Schüpbach, Doris; Maher, Brigid – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
This article reports on an inter-generational inter-cultural pilot project carried out in suburban Melbourne which supports the second-language acquisition of younger people and enhances the social inclusion of older people of migrant background. The article begins with an outline of the multilingual context in which the project is based. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Mother Tongue Speakers: A Help or a Hindrance to Second Language Learners?
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Clyne, Michael – Babel: Australia, 1994
Discusses language data from the Australian 1991 Census that indicates the vast resources available in languages other than English. Notes that two of the tenets of Australia's various language policies are language maintenance and the development of Aboriginal and community languages as well as the provision of opportunities for learning…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Bilingualism, Census Figures, Change Strategies
Languages Taken at School and Languages Spoken in the Community--A Comparative Perspective
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Clyne, Michael; Fernandez, Sue; Grey, Felicity – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
This paper compares two sets of data from the same year, 2001--the numbers of students taking languages other than English at primary and secondary level, and census statistics for the home use of languages other than English. The data draws attention to languages that are taught principally in day schools and those taken mainly in after hours…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Maintenance, Day Schools, Foreign Countries