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 * Teaching and Learning Languages: A Guide**

This project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. It is a national initiative developed as part of the National Statement and Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools 2005-2008. It aims to provide a set of resources to support the improvement of the teaching and learning of languages in Australian schools. The resources available on this site include:  []
 * Teaching and Learning Languages: A Guide
 * companion documents that provide examples of the key ideas of the Guide as applied in the six most commonly taught languages: Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese
 * a handbook to facilitate the use of the Guide and the companion documents.
 * Languages Education in Australia**

If you have any interest in how languages are taught in Australia, this **Languages Education in Australia** website is for you. Whether you're a student, a parent, a principal or a teacher (of languages or other subjects), this site will give you some food for thought.If you have any interest in how languages are taught in Australia, this **Languages Education in Australia** website is for you. Whether you're a student, a parent, a principal or a teacher (of languages or other subjects), this site will give you some food for thought.

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 * Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World**

This project supports the implementation of the MCEETYA National Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools (2005-8), and encompasses the **Development and Management of a Nationally Coordinated Promotion of the Benefits of Languages Education.** **Languages Action Alliance** []


 * Lingo** is the web face of the **Languages Action Alliance**, which aims to:
 * Motivate and empower parents from all backgrounds to make informed decisions and take initiatives to support the development of bilingual skills for their children
 * Connect parents, educators, teachers, community groups and language organisations for the purpose of promoting and supporting language teaching and learning
 * Raise the Australian public’s awareness about the benefits of multilingualism
 * Raise government bodies’ awareness of what parents want in terms of support and services for language learning
 * Deliver the message that as individuals and as community we can make a difference.