Teacher Awareness And Understandings About Aboriginal English in Western Australia

Repeated assessments of literacy skills have shown that Aboriginal students do not achieve at the same level as their non-Aboriginal peers. Many Aboriginal students speak Aboriginal English, a dialect different from the Standard Australian English used in schools. Research shows that it is crucial f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oliver, Rhonda, Rochecouste, J., Vanderford, S., Grote, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Monash University ePress 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49500