Over several months, the Meigim Kriol Strongbala program has been visiting Ngukurr’s Families as First Teachers (FaFT) playgroup to help mothers and workers translate a popular children’s book into Kriol. The chosen story was The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland which tells a fun story of four animals who disturb and annoy a bear until one of them …
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On Thursday September 19, the Australian Reading Hour initiative asks Australians to spend an hour reading on their own or to children, highlighting the multifaceted benefits of reading like relaxation, identity formation and education. For the first time ever, a Kriol book has been selected among Australian Reading Hour’s recommended books for children. The Kriol …
ABC’s Indigenous language news services have recently been cut from daily bulletins (Monday to Friday) to weekly, a change affecting all three languages involved: Yolngu Matha, Warlpiri and Kriol.
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