The Living Languages team had the pleasure to present two workshops on sharing language immersion teaching ideas and techniques at Puliima Indigenous Language & Technology Conference in Darwin. Our trainers were joined by our wonderful team of guest trainers to bring these immersion techniques to many participants from communities from all around Australia.
Read MoreIn June our trainers Amy, Mandy and Desiree travelled to Yawuru Country in Broome, WA, to deliver a workshop for the Catholic Education Aboriginal Teacher Assistants for the Kimberley Region. They then travelled on to Miriwoong country in Kununurra, to deliver a four-day workshop for the Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language Centre mob.
Read MoreIn December Amy and one of our newest trainers, Desiree, travelled to Kabi Kabi Country in Caboolture, QLD, for a workshop with the language teachers at Caboolture State High School.
Read MoreIn November Living Languages travelled to Adelaide on Kaurna land to take part in the 2-day Warra: Indigenous Languages Youth Forum. The Forum was hosted by First Languages Australia and aimed to bring tomorrow’s leaders together, to build networks, gain skills and inspire young people to take on vital community language roles.
Read MoreFrom 31 May to 2 June we hosted the third and final block of our Community Trainer Program. This block was all about bringing everything together from the last two blocks.
Read MoreOver five wonderful days in May, Living Languages joined our partner, Nyamba Buru Yawuru (NBY) in Broome, to run the 2022 Language Leadership Workshop.
Read MoreCommunity Trainer Block 2 is done and dusted! We spent 3 great days with the crew, with lots of laughs and some learning on the side.
Read MoreFebruary 15-17 saw the launch of a new training program for Living Languages! The Community Trainer Program aims to support and enhance the skills, knowledge and confidence of people who want to teach or train others within their communities, or who are already doing so.
Read MoreOver the first two weeks of December, Ebony and Language Leadership participant Lakota Milera-Weetra co-facilitated an online workshop series on unpacking the Language Digital Activism Toolkit, on behalf of Rising Voices.
Read MoreOn 20th September, some of the young Language Leaders from this year's QLD Professional Development Workshop in Cairns caught up with Ebony and Amy over Zoom.
Read MoreThis month we were delighted to have partnered with ARDS Aboriginal Corporation (Northern Territory), who ran their Literacy and Translation Workshop from June 7th - 11th in Darwin.
Read MoreMay 24th-28th seen our NSW PD Youth Workshop happen. We had five participants from all around NSW travel to Nambucca Heads to take part.
Read MoreThe QLD Youth Professional Development Workshop was held in Cairns from 17-20 May 2021.
Read MoreIn February Living Languages did weekly online sessions with Far West Language Centre. These sessions focussed on unpacking the Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program (MALLP).
Read MoreIn late September 2020, Living Languages partnered up with First Languages Australia (FLA) to pilot and provide a series of six online training sessions to some of the young language workers and teachers that are part of our programs.
Read MoreAlong with most of the rest of the world, Living Languages has fast figured out some new ways of working in 2020. Recently Trainer Andrew Tanner has been working with Gangulu men Thomas Watson and Murrie Kemp on coming to grips with linguistics materials published on their language.
Read MoreEmma Murphy again travelled to Katherine on behalf of Living Languages 5-6 November for another workshop with Chiyo, Betty and Susan from Barunga.
Read MoreNot fazed by Covid restrictions, Living Languages wrapped up our very first "hybrid" language workshop on 11 September, delivered with trainers both in person and remotely. Former Training Director Emma Murphy came down from Darwin to Katherine to work with the Jawoyn language ladies from Barunga - Susan, Betty and Chiyo.
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