Miscommunication Between Aboriginal Students and Their Non-Aboriginal Teachers in a Bilingual School.

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Australian Aboriginal Languages; Bilingual Education; Classroom Communication; Communication Problems; Cultural Differences; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Indigenous Populations; Teacher Student Relationship; Uncommonly Taught Languages

0790-8318

Suggests that while various models of bilingual education have been implemented in Aboriginal communities in Australia's Northern Territory, the degree to which these programs operate successfully is quite another matter. One example from a particular program outlines the ongoing miscommunication that occurs between Aboriginal students and their non-Aboriginal teachers and the inevitable deleterious educational impact this miscommunication has on the former. (Author/VWL)

1999

EJ586039