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Bilingual Programs with Special Reference to the Northern Territory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2016

Tricia Lasorsa
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The main focus of this analysis will be on three programs, in particular Milingimbi, Bamyili and Yuendumu.

J. Harris and J. Sandefur (1984) define bilingual education as “the use of two languages in a well organised program”. The NT Department of Education’s Bilingual Education leaflet (1987) extends this definition to include the qualifications –

the use of two languages, one of which is English, as mediums of instruction for the same pupil population in a well organised program which encompasses part or all of the curriculum and includes the study of the history and culture associated with the mother tongue.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , September 1990 , pp. 10 - 18
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1990

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