Resources

Resources

Reports on the Current State of Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean Language Education in Australian Schools

On 25 May 2010, the Prime Minister released three reports and an overarching report to investigate the current state of Japanese, Indonesian and Korean language education in Australian Schools. The set of reports complements the Chinese Language Education in Australian Schools report (October 2008) published by the University of Melbourne.

The reports provide valuable baseline data and evidence to inform future national strategies and initiatives aimed at increasing the number of students studying these languages, particularly at the senior secondary level. Analysing each language’s current status, the reports make recommendations for future work which focus attention on six key areas across all languages. These areas include: key groups, programs, teachers, resources, curriculum and learners.

A summary statement, the overarching report and the three language reports are available below.

  • Summary of Four Languages: Four Stories ( PDF 184KB | RTF 106KB)
  • The Current State of Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean Language Education in Australian Schools: Four Languages, Four Stories ( PDF 1.26MB | RTF 241KB)
  • The Current State of Indonesian Language Education in Australian Schools
    ( PDF 1.9MB | RTF 956KB)
  • The Current State of Japanese Language Education in Australian Schools
    ( PDF 1.1MB | RTF 956KB)
  • The Current State of Korean Language Education in Australian Schools
    ( PDF 2.2MB | RTF 1.8MB)

The report Chinese Language Education in Australian Schools can be found on the Asia Education Foundation website.

The Le@rning Federation webpage

The Le@rning Federation develops digital curriculum content specifically to support students' learning of key concepts and skills detailed in Australian curriculum documents. These include many online learning objects for Indonesian, Japanese and Mandarin which can be accessed free of charge by schools, students and teachers.

Asia Education Foundation webpage

The Asia Education Foundation has a large range of resources to support teachers, schools and students with studies of Asia.

National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools Strategy (NALSAS)

National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools Strategy (NALSAS) was a Commonwealth Government initiative that focussed on Mandarin, Japanese, Indonesian and Korean and Studies of Asia. This program ran from 1995 to 2002.

Many Asian language and studies of Asia resources were developed to support schools, teachers and students under NALSAS. For a full list of printed and electronic NALSAS materials visit:
www.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/

The Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO)

ACSSO provides a fortnightly email featuring current articles on languages education in Australia and around the world.