Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0877762

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0877762

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A longitudinal study of the interaction of home and school language in three Aboriginal communities. The importance of language skills cannot be underestimated, and contribute to 'a healthy start to life'. In multilingual Indigenous communities, children must negotiate the complexities of different languages used for different purposes. This project will provide detailed insights into how children manage differences between home and school language, the kinds of problems they encounter when they enter the school system, and how their languages develop over the first four crucial years of school which provide the foundation for the children's future education. Their ability to manage the language of school underpins their ability to lead successful and engaged lives as adults.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2015

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $495,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Aboriginal Studies | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Youth/child development and welfare | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development and welfare |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development and welfare | Communication Across Languages and Cultures | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Linguistics | Youth/child development and welfare

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