During the West Kimberley Language Gathering, Living Languages trainers Fiona and Sophie, along with guest trainer and Miriwoong teacher Che Kelly, conducted a hands-on workshop on immersion strategies for Language teaching and learning. This interactive workshop showcased how these strategies can be integrated into everyday life to help strengthen and maintain Language.
Read MoreLast week, Living Languages trainers Fiona and Sophie travelled to Broome to attend the West Kimberley Language Gathering, organised and held at Nyamba Buru Yawuru. This event brought together Indigenous Language groups of the Nyulnyulan Language classification, government representatives, Indigenous Language experts, linguists, educators, and community leaders to discuss the preservation, revitalisation, and promotion of Indigenous Languages in the region.
Read MoreLet’s teach Lingo!
You can use iPads in so many ways to support the growth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages in the classroom and on country. Enthusiastic Aboriginal Language teachers came to our iPad workshop from many communities including: Bundjalung, Gumbaynggirr, Worimi and Yaygirr, with Living Languages’ own trainer Desiree Johnson from the Marra mob, NT.
Read MoreLiving Languages Board Members and Staff met to update our Strategic Plan over three days at Tranby College in Sydney. Board drove or flew in from around the country, we were especially grateful To Aunty Louise Manas who came a long way from Kubin on Moa Island and Aunty Myree Sam from Saibai, via Cairns.
Read MoreIt is with a heavy heart that we farewell long time trainer and Program Coordinator Amy Parncutt, whose last day with us was on Friday 1st March.
Amy first joined Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity, as we were called then, as a volunteer in 2015, before becoming a Trainer in 2016. She has been part of more than 100 face-to-face and online workshops over her 8 years with the organisation, and has supported countless people in their journey to reclaim and strengthen their languages. With a background in linguistics, Amy shines when it comes to sharing linguistic knowledge, but always in a way that respects people’s deep and abiding connection to their Language, and the knowledge they already hold.
Read MoreThe Living Languages team, in partnership with AIATSIS, had the pleasure to offer another Paper & Talk workshop in October!
We brought people from 7 language groups to Canberra to search and retrieve their language materials from the archives at AIATSIS and National Library Australia. The groups also received training to help them to interpret those materials and use them in their language work. It was a massive two weeks for Mob to search the archives, followed by a very special on-Country trip with our Ngunnawal hosts.
Read MoreIn celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, Living Languages partnered up with Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative & deadly Dunghutti artist Frank McLeod to create a new resource for language learning and teaching!
The resource can be used by all Mobs from all around Australia, made up of 52 picture cards and 2 posters with a how to guide – this resource can be used as we’ve suggested, or you can decide how it can be best used for your needs; a versatile tool to assist in the language learning journey.
Read More"Preserving our Languages for all of us" is the vision of the Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre. Our CEO Anna Ash recently visited them in Boulder-Kalgoorlie and met with the enthusiastic staff of this dynamic language centre.
Read MoreOur monthly Sharing Circles have continued to be a culturally safe space for sharing the language and culture yarn, through advice, support, encouragement and making connections.
Read MoreIn the first Sharing Circle for this year, the Living Languages Team shared some handy online tools and were able to give a basic demonstration on how those tools could be used at home or at work to make some practical language and culture resources.
Read MoreThis October, we launched a series of online Sharing Circle sessions!
Read MoreWe are looking for someone to join us as our new Digital Communications Officer! The role involves coordinating our online communications, including our website, social media and newsletter.
Read MoreLiving Languages is seeking Expressions of Interest from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals who have connection to and knowledge of First Nations’ cultures and languages, for a two-year appointment to the position of Non-Executive Director.
Read MoreThis month, we are so excited to introduce everyone to the newest member of our team, Priscilla Strasek, who has joined Living Languages as our new Language Work Trainer!
Read MoreIn September, we said goodbye to a long-standing Living Languages Board Member and First Languages Australia Manager, Faith Baisden, who has served on our Board since 2018, and has been instrumental to many positive changes and developments at our organisation.
Read MoreLiving Languages has a new home! We recently moved to a new office base at Our Community House in North Melbourne/Wurundjeri Country, and have a new address and phone number.
Read MoreAt the end of June we were sad to say goodbye to long-time Living Languages Trainer Andrew Tanner, who who has been a valued part of our team for the last four and a half years.
Read MoreThis November, we were so stoked to hear Ebony (one of our trainers) on the airwaves talking about her love for her language, Yorta Yorta, and her experiences with learning, teaching and language revitalisation over the years.
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