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Fitting in at last? Learners of Japanese as community language in search of belonging and legitimacy
JCL learners need to be recognised not as problems but assets with the potential to become a bridge between Japan and Australia.
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.
Queering Hindi as a foreign language
Hindi, like any language, is capable of describing the whole diversity of human experience, and the classroom is the perfect space to affirm this.
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.
What motivates Japanese language learners in Australia and beyond?
The common promotional discourses of ‘employability’ and ‘international trade’ related to Japanese language learning do not reflect learners’ motivations.