Australia's students slow to take up Asian languages
The first major study of Asian languages in Australian schools in more than a decade shows continuing big declines, despite the Rudd Government's $AU62 million, four-year program to reverse the trend.
The study, by the Asia Education Foundation, confirms a continuing and dramatic decline in the numbers of students studying Indonesian, Japanese, Korean or Chinese.
This story by ABC television's Peta Donald was compiled at the Asialink Asia Society National Forum and was broadcast on the Australia Network on Tuesday 25 May 2010.
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The study, by the Asia Education Foundation, confirms a continuing and dramatic decline in the numbers of students studying Indonesian, Japanese, Korean or Chinese.
This story by ABC television's Peta Donald was compiled at the Asialink Asia Society National Forum and was broadcast on the Australia Network on Tuesday 25 May 2010.
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