Asian languages are dying in Australian schools. Here are the big ideas to save them
Here are the big ideas to save themSally RawsthorneJune 30, 2026 — 4:17pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.ShareAAATwo Australian universities offer Hindi language courses. Seventeen Australians finished honour-level Chinese-language studies in the five years to 2021. Only 500 of Australia’s 1 million domestic university students are studying Indonesian.
- ▪Here are the big ideas to save themSally RawsthorneJune 30, 2026 — 4:17pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.ShareAAATwo Australian universities offer Hindi language courses.
- ▪Seventeen Australians finished honour-level Chinese-language studies in the five years to 2021.
- ▪Only 500 of Australia’s 1 million domestic university students are studying Indonesian.
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