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Leader: Anna Margetts
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis: Language contact theory and its application in Australia; transference and code-switching; definitions of bilingualism; advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism; types and goals of bilingual education; the distribution and use of community languages in Australia; language maintenance and shift; language policy, including school language policy; field work.
Assessment: Two assignments (3000 words each): 60% + Open-book test (4000 words): 40%