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The Problems Experienced by Vernacular-Speaking Aboriginal Children When English Only is Used as the Medium of Their Formal Education*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2016

W.H. Douglas
W.H. Douglas*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A.
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Extract

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate some of the problems associated with the monolingual approach to the education of Aboriginal children. It does not set out to cover all of the problems experienced by vernacular-speaking children when English only is used as the medium of their primary formal education. By revealing some of the main areas of difficulty, though, it is hoped that bilingual education will be seen as a valuable tool for overcoming many of the problems.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , August 1975 , pp. 28 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1975

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