Overcoming barriers to learning Asian languages ΓÇô some personal insights

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Overcoming barriers to learning Asian languages Overcoming barriers to learning Asian languages ΓÇô some personal insights 24/09/2020 | 5 MINS Edition | Teaching and learning Asian languages in Australia Drawing on her personal experience, Racheline Tantular dissects some of the hurdles she encountered in her language studies at different educational levels, critiquing, among other things, the role that the design and scaling of ATAR play in this regard. The benefits of studying foreign languages are well documented, as is the importance of teaching and learning Asian languages in Australia, with a growing population of second- and third-generation Asian Australians, over 3 million Asian-born people in Australia and 40% of its overseas-born population from Asia. This is further supported by Australian government rhetoric around a free and open Indo-Pacific region, economic ties and geographic proximity. The key factors in the learning of Asian languages in Australia explored here are primarily shaped by my own experience study

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Overcoming barriers to learning Asian languages Overcoming barriers to learning Asian languages ΓÇô some personal insights 24/09/2020 | 5 MINS Edition | Teaching and learning Asian languages in Australia Drawing on her personal experience, Racheline Tantular dissects some of the hurdles she encountered in her language studies at different educational levels, critiquing, among other things, the role that the design and scaling of ATAR play in this regard.

The benefits of studying foreign languages are well documented, as is the importance of teaching and learning Asian languages in Australia, with a growing population of second- and third-generation Asian Australians, over 3 million Asian-born people in Australia and 40% of its overseas-born population from Asia.

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