Learned Academies Special Projects - Grant ID: LS06002

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LS06002

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Funded Activity Summary

An audit survey and analysis of beginners' LOTE (Languages Other Than English) studies in Australian universities. Language study is an important mechanism in maintaining and expanding Australia’s language capacityand is, therefore, critical to achieving national objectives with respect to improvements in trade, careerpathways, international mobility, research capacity, technological developments, and community a well asindividual engagement. A major focus for enhancing the nation’s language ability is placed on theuniversity sector. Australian universities are uniquely positioned to tie in successful language learning withdesired national outcomes, such as those listed above. This activity is also a major priority for Australianuniversities in a context of increasing internationalization of higher education. Thus Australian universitiesneed to offer the widest possible range of languages and modalities for learning these. Students’ personalexperience of languages other than English and of language learning varies significantly, and for many,university provides the first experience of new and/or different languages. In this context, the issue ofwhether Australian universities are doing as well as they can in terms of beginners language provision isclearly a critical one.With reference to nationally identified priority areas for research, this project satisfies most directly criteriarelevant to ‘Safeguarding Australia’. It benefits our understanding of the wider world, specifically byimproving the nation’s knowledge and expertise in languages other than English by striving to improvelanguage training at university level in this country.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-03-2007

End Date: 20-03-2008

Funding Scheme: Learned Academies Special Projects

Funding Amount: $78,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

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