Tag - Language

Local perspectives on mother-tongue education in Nepal

by Naomi Fillmore

June 14, 2019

Ibu Nurdiana, a teacher involved in the INOVASI Bima pilot, teaches strategies for language and learning in the classroom (Credit: INOVASI)

Improving learning for local language speakers in Eastern Indonesia

by Kania Dewi, Stephanie Carter

April 29, 2019

Fortnightly links: Development Bulletin No. 80, language barriers in crises, Islamophobia and support for ISIS, and more

by Sachini Muller, Terence Wood

December 7, 2018

Sean Dorney says goodbye as he leaves PNG, possibly for the last time (Foreign Correspondent: Craig Berkman)

Fortnightly links: languages in development, The Gambia’s migration exodus, Sean Dorney visits PNG, and more

by Terence Wood, Sachini Muller

August 31, 2018

Primary school students in Bima face many learning challenges, including low literacy levels, remoteness and issues of teacher training (Credit: INOVASI Program)

Language matters: language and learning in Bima, Indonesia

by Naomi Fillmore, Wuri Handayani

March 28, 2018

Bilingual classroom poster, Kiribati (Photo: Hilary Smith)

International Mother Language Day: sustainable development in everyone’s language

by Hilary Smith

February 21, 2018

Students at Yezin Agricultural University, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (AVI/Harjono Djoyovisono Harjono)

The fluency of fitting in

by Mark Deasey

July 18, 2017

Student at Dawa Dhechen Chhyolin Gumba (Buddhist School), Gaighat Udayapur, Nepal (image: Hilary Smith)

‘Our languages matter’ in development

by Hilary Smith

July 6, 2017

Devpolicy Talks

The Development Policy Centre is home to the Devpolicy Blog (devpolicy.org) and is a think tank for aid and development policy based at Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. Devpolicy Talks brings you the latest from our centre’s public events as well as other discussions from our blog and research work covering Australian aid, PNG and the Pacific and global development policy.