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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
INTERVIEW: Is Asian Studies and ‘Asia literacy’ in crisis in Australia and what is its future?
Government needs to signal to universities that Asia literacy is a skill-set employers want.
The importance of fitting society and culture into Australian university language courses
Language learning should facilitate cultural understanding and this requires contentious aspects of culture to be examined.
What motivates students to study Chinese at Australian universities and did this change during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Chinese is classified as one of Australia’s most important strategic Asian languages, but currently students’ motivations are not properly considered.
Beyond ‘Asian’ language skills: Indonesian learning for a more just and equitable society
In the century ahead, we will need ‘practical’ solutions, but underlying this is our capacity to work with one another, to share and create knowledge and adapt to new ways of being.
Towards a global approach to teaching Arabic in Australian universities
Arabic language teaching in Australia should focus more on the culture and global impact of Arabic than its utilitarian value.