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Y Is Standard "oostralin English da onlii meens of kommunikashun": Kountaring White Man "privileg in da kurrikulum"
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Hogarth, Melitta – English in Australia, 2019
It came as a surprise to me, after an extensive Google search and reading of numerous policies, that English, and more specifically Standard Australian English, is not the official language of Australia (ACARA, 2016c; Lo Bianco, 1987). There are examples cited by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (1999) that state, 'English is regarded as…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, English, Language Variation, Foreign Countries
The Role of Dialogic Pedagogy in Teaching Grammar
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Jones, Pauline; Chen, Honglin – Research Papers in Education, 2016
The inclusion of the Knowledge about Language strand in the recently introduced Australian Curriculum: English (AC:E) is both promising and challenging. For the first time, students across primary and secondary years of schooling are expected to develop "a coherent, dynamic, and evolving body of knowledge about the English language and how it…
Descriptors: Role, Dialogs (Language), Teaching Methods, Grammar
Policing the Text: Structuralism's Stranglehold on Australian Language and Literacy Pedagogy.
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Watkins, Megan – Language and Education, 1999
Reports on a study of the implementation of a structuralist approach to teaching text in elementary school classrooms in Australia. Examines the pedagogic practice of one teacher, highlighting the impact of a restrictive and reductive approach to text on her teaching methodology. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, English