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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The Arabana community in Pt Augusta has recently formed an Arabana language club, with the aim to share and learn language together. The sessions are facilitated by Chris Warren, a local school teacher with a background in the language. A number of community members including Arabana speakers as well as students from the local high […]
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As we move forward in finding ways to make Indigenous languages more widely used in communities around Australia, one things has emerged as a clear decisive factor, immersion in language from a young age has real impacts on language in later life. The Conversation recently delved into this issue looking at the use of language immersion […]
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In late June the MLT along with members of the Oodnadatta community installed and launched a new language room at the Oodnadatta Railway Museum in Oodnadatta. The language exhibition features a video display of Audrey Stewart, a Lower Arrernte woman from Macumba and Oodnadatta and 3 wall-mounted boards displaying language, bush tucker and cultural landscapes. […]
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The MLT recently headed to Birdsville to work with the Crombie family (sisters Jean and Joyce and brother Jim) on developing a Wangkangurru language sentence book. Wangkangurru is still spoken in the Birdsville area by a few Wangkangurru families. The Crombie family has played an important role in its documentation and maintenance over the last […]
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