In April the MLT headed to the opening of the Mangiri Health and Wellbeing Centre at Navigator College in Port Lincoln, on Barngarla country. This centre is an all purpose gym and recreation centre that provides not only world class sporting facilities but also a space for the Port Lincoln community to gather together and […]
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In March 2018 members of the Mobile Language Team staff visited the remote town of Titjikala in the Northern Territory. The MLT were able to meet with a number of residents, including members of the recently formed Titjikala Women’s Choir in order to evaluate the local language situation. The town’s population of around 200 people […]
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The MLT ran a full day language workshop in March for Nukunu community members at the MLT’s Adelaide meeting facilities. Nukunu trainee Anil Samy along with MLT staff covered a number of topics with those who attended. The session kicked off with an introduction into the sounds and spelling system of Nukunu, and as part […]
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his week, Lyn Ackland and Estelle Miller from the Far West Language Centre (FWLC) visited the MLT offices and presented a Master Apprentice Language Learning Program (MALLP). This workshop was hosted in Adelaide for people of the Far West Coast who live in Adelaide and still want to engage with language activities, while not living […]
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In December the MLT in cooperation with the Barngarla Language Advisory Committee held a language workshop in Whyalla, increasing the number of community language programs the MLT facilitates and helps run. For this workshop we adapted the master apprentice method of language learning to the unique circumstances that surround the revival of the Barngarla language […]
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In November, Clayton and Bea from the MLT travelled throughout Vulkathunha (Flinders and Gammon Ranges) recording Adnyamathanha people speaking their language. The trip included recording people in Quorn, Ikara (Wilpena Pound), Leigh Creek and Copley, with people more than willing to be involved in this important work. The purpose of this trip was to record […]
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For Barngarla woman Anita Taylor, working on bringing Barngarla back to life from historical sources is her passion. Over the last five years she’s worked closely with the MLT to help this happen for her and her family. As part of a new MLT one-on-one mentoring program Anita is currently working on her Barngarla pronunciation and learning […]
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In early November, MLT Aboriginal Language Worker Clayton Cruse visited the R-12 Encounter Lutheran College in Victor Harbour. Clayton chatted to 2 groups of primary school students about Aboriginal Languages and Aboriginal culture. Chatting to the students in and about the Adnyamathanha language Clayton also read from the ‘Tjitji Tjuta Inmaku Pakantjaka Book’, a joint […]
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MLT staff have recently returned from presenting and participating at the biennial Puliima Indigenous Language and Technology Forum, which took place in Cairns from the 16th to the 19th of October 2017. The forum brought together over 200 people from around Australia and the world, all of whom are involved in Indigenous language education and […]
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