Vietnamese in Australia protecting mother-tongue language
06/09/2022 15:52
The Australian government has supported the community in maintaining their mother tongue through Vietnamese language schools.
However, Van said, it is not enough because children need to practise.
Citing results of Vietspeech, a research study by Charles Sturt University with funding from the Australian Research Council, she said parents play an important role in language teaching.
In addition, experts from the university have introduced Vietspeech Multilingual Children, a manual providing necessary information to serve Vietnamese language learning and teaching at home, Van said.
To raise public awareness of the issue, she has joined a Vietnamese language programme of the SBS Vietnamese channel since October 2021.
Van pointed out limited sources of Vietnamese textbooks abroad, and proposed the Vietnamese government provide free textbooks for overseas Vietnamese and sketch out programmes that focus on home teaching./.