Abstract
In a recent newspaper article for the Brisbane Courier Mail, Professor Lauchlan Chipman claimed that language professionals and administrators of Arts degrees are to blame for the crisis in language provision in Australian universities in the 1990s. He argues that they have brought the crisis on themselves by waiving the compulsory foreign language requirement to enrol in Bachelor of Arts degrees in the 1960s. This paper will address the symbolic.position of foreign languages in Australian society since Federation to the early 1970s to ascertain the accuracy of Professor Chipman 's statements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Marking Our Difference Conference |
| Subtitle of host publication | 2003 Conference on Language Education in Australian and New Zealand Universities |
| Editors | Gillian Wigglesworth |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne |
| Publisher | University of Melbourne |
| Pages | 75-91 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0734030576 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Marking our Difference: Languages in Australian and New Zealand Universities Conference 2003 - University of Melbourne, School of Languages, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 1 Oct 2003 → 3 Oct 2003 https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3578997 https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040202105919/http://www.languages.unimelb.edu.au/conference/ |
Conference
| Conference | Marking our Difference |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 1/10/03 → 3/10/03 |
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