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Labour’s Promise to fund community

language teaching welcomed

By Warren Duncan

Sydney (Bureau) The Chief attend language schools do She said: “It will allow is good for all Australian kids, “It can help people connect
Executive Officer of the continue with it right into high community language schools to regardless of their language or or reconnect with a cultural
Federation of Community school, and even HSC.” expand their programs to pre- cultural background. It helps group—language and culture are
Language Schools, Michael Labour’s commitment was schoolers, improve teacher prepare them for the economy closely interlinked after all.
Christodoulou AM, has welcomed announced by the Shadow training, and upgrade classroom and jobs of the future,” she said. “It can even help us
the commitment from the Minister for Education, Tanya resources. “The NSW Minister for understand the way other
Federal Labour Party to fund the Plibersek, at the Federation’s “For example, the funding Multiculturalism Mark Coure told cultures do business, which
teaching of community languages annual conference at the might be used to subsidise a the conference: “I believe would allow us to be more
to the tune of 15 million dollars if weekend attended by 400 of teacher’s TAFE course in everyone should be learning a competitive in a globalised
it wins the election next month. the State’s community language community languages, purchase second language. It presents us economy. The President of the
“The funding would make a school teachers. educational equipment such as an opportunity to embrace our Federation, Lucia Johns said after
significant impact, as many Ms Plibersek told the laptops, or develop new teaching multiculturalism in a practical way. the conference: “It is so
schools rely on volunteer conference: “Every community materials. “There are a raft of benefits encouraging to hear politicians
teachers, the use of public-school language school that is (funded) “Community language schools to learning and being able to from both sides of politics arguing
classrooms, and fundraising to by a state or territory mean kids born or growing up in speak another language. the benefits for all children to
keep operating. government will receive a grant Australia can learn the language “For Sydney to really live up learn a second language,
“They can do a lot of things offer of up to $30,000 over and culture of their parents, to our potential as a Global City, whether it is the language of
with that amount of money. three years, with the amount of grandparents, and others who more of us need a greater their parents and grandparents
These schools do a lot of good funding dependent on the migrated here from overseas. knowledge of a second or not. The whole country will
work. Most of the stu who number of enrolments. “Learning a second language language”, he said. benefit.”