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25. Monolingualism and How to Fix It (if it needs fixing)

Posted on February 25, 2013 by thormay

Abstract: The argu­ment I will develop in this essay is that the for­eign stu­dents are a latent human resource who can assist with over­com­ing Eng­lish mono­lin­gual­ism in the Aus­tralian pop­u­la­tion. For­eign stu­dents, prop­erly rewarded, can be a major source of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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22. Hidden Boundaries – A Joint-Venture Education Program in China

Posted on December 14, 2012 by thormay

This review is a post-mortem of an edu­ca­tion joint-ven­ture between an Aus­tralian col­lege and a Chi­nese col­lege in cen­tral China at the three year mark*. It has lessons for pol­icy, man­age­ment, teach­ing and learn­ing. The focus is on for­eign lan­guage … Con­tinue read­ing →

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1. Learning to be Australian

Posted on February 17, 1993 by thormay

This was a let­ter writ­ten to The Aus­tralian news­pa­per on 17 Feb­ru­ary 1993 (they declined to pub­lish it). I think that its mes­sage still has res­o­nance today. Dear sir, We have a large mir­a­cle on our hands here in Aus­tralia. Half … Con­tinue read­ing →

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