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*Accepting Johnny & His Language (Language for Living and Language for Learning)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

L.A. Pearce
L.A. Pearce*
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Dept.of Education, N.T. Division, Alice Springs
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“Pupils are individual human beings who have learnt language in the process of learning how to live the life of their communities: the whole process has taken place in the context of patterns of relationships, habits and values that make up that specifically human environment. If we are to make sense of the pupil’s problems and needs when he comes to use the language he has learnt in the context of the school, then we must be very clear about the processes by which he has learnt it, and the human environment in which the learning has taken place.” (Peter Doughty, from the introduction to Language and Community.)

Once upon a time a little boy called Johnny started school. He was very excited. His Mummy and Daddy had been telling him for what seemed a long time that he would soon go to school. At school he would learn to read and write and do sums. Johnny's Mummy bought him some new clothes - school clothes - and a little suitcase for his school lunch. At last the day arrived, and Mummy took Johnny to the school. Mummy talked to some big people and signed some papers. A nice lady came and talked to Johnny and Mummy. Then Mummy said it was time to go and she would see Johnny after school. The nice teacher lady took Johnny into a room with a lot of other children.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , November 1977 , pp. 12 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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