Re-awakening Languages

About the editors:John Hobson is a lecturer in Indigenous education at the University of Sydney.Kevin Lowe is a post doctoral research fellow at Macquarie University.Susan Poetsch is a lecturer in Indigenous education at the University of Sydney.Michael Walsh is an honorary associate of linguistics at the University of Sydney.

• DedicationAcknowledgementsConventionsForewordJeannie BellAbout the authorsIntroduction: re-awakening Australian languagesJohn Hobson, Kevin Lowe, Susan Poetsch and Michael WalshPart 1: language policy and planningIntroduction: language policy and planningJohn Hobson1. Closing the policy-practice gap: making Indigenous language policy more than empty rhetoricAdriano Truscott and Ian Malcolm2. Why language revitalisation sometimes worksMichael Walsh3. Our ways of learning in Aboriginal languagesTyson Kaawoppa YunkaportaPart 2: languages in communitiesIntroduction: languages in communitiesKevin Lowe4. Monitoring the use of KaurnaRob Amery5. Introducing Wiradjuri language in ParkesGeoff Anderson6. Going public with language: involving the wider community in language revitalisationKnut J. Olawsky7. Ngapartji Ngapartji: Indigenous language in the artsBeth Sometimes and Alex Kelly8. Awakening or awareness: are we being honest about the retrieval and revival of Australia’s Aboriginal languages?Trevor StockleyPart 3: language centres and programsIntroduction: language centres and programsMichael Walsh9. Maam ngawaala: biindu ngaawa nyanggan bindaayili. Language centres: keeping language strongAnna Ash, Pauline Hooler, Gary Williams and Ken Walker10. Language centre as language revitalisation strategy: a case study from the PilbaraSally Dixon and Eleonora Deak11. Whose language centre is it anyway?Kimberley Language Resource Centre12. Revitalisation strategies for MiriwoongKnut J. Olawsky Part 4: language in educationIntroduction: language in educationSusan Poetsch and Kevin Lowe13. Using identical resources to teach young and adult language learnersUrsula Brown14. Aboriginal languages programs in TAFE NSW: delivery initiatives and strategiesJackie Cipollone15. Reclamation process for Dharug in Sydney using songRichard Green16. Developing the Dhurga Program at Vincentia High School: the language teacher’s perspectiveKaren Lane17. So you want to work with the community? Principles and strategies for school leaders affecting the establishment of Aboriginal language programsKevin Lowe and Peter Howard18. Establishing a school language program: the Parkes High School experienceStephen Maier19. Language revitalisation: community and school programs working togetherDiane McNaboe and Susan Poetsch20. The importance of understanding language ecologies for revitalisationFelicity Meakins21. The rebirth of Wergaia: a collaborative effortJulie Reid22. Strategies for doing the possible: supporting school Aboriginal language programs in NSWMari RhydwenPart 5: literacy and oracyIntroduction: literacy and oracyMichael Walsh23. Questions of fluency in Australian languages revitalisationJohn Hobson24. Sounds, spelling and learning to read an Aboriginal languageCaroline Jones, Paul Chandler and Kevin Lowe25. English influence on the pronunciation of re-awakened Aboriginal languagesNicholas ReidPart 6: language and technologyIntroduction: language and technologyJohn Hobson26. Increasing the accessibility of information on the Indigenous languages of VictoriaHeather Bowe, Julie Reid and Kathy Lynch27. Flexible IT resources for community language reclamation: using culturally appropriate contextsCat Kutay, George Fisher and Richard Green28. Electronic dictionaries for language reclamationAidan WilsonPart 7: language documentationIntroduction: language documentationMichael Walsh29. Libraries, languages and linking upFaith Baisden30. Yan-nhaŋu language documentation and revitalisationClaire Bowern and Bentley James31. A house already lived inChristina Eira and Lynnette Solomon-Dent32. Bringing the language home: the Ngarrindjeri dictionary projectMary-Anne Gale and Syd Sparrow33. The development of the Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay and Yuwaalayaay dictionaryJohn Giacon34. Emergency language documentation teams: the Cape York Peninsula experienceClair Hill and Patrick McConvellIndex

'Re-awakening Languages has a very broad scope but it also has enough detail to be useful to many specific interests. It is an excellent introduction to the current issues around Australian Indigenous languages. It would be particularly valuable to managers in the various education systems who have too often demonstrated rather limited understanding of this area.'