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Australian Animals in Aboriginal Languages DVD & Cards

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Sit back and enjoy learning from Cultural Elders, the names of 19 of Australia’s favourite native animals in 4 traditional Aboriginal languages and share in preserving our cultural heritage! Try the pronunciation and spelling. Delight in the colourful paintings by renowned Aboriginal artist, Emma Bamblett.
• Warlpiri
• Western Arrernte
• Luritja
• Central Arrernte

These high quality animal cards are vibrantly illustrated  by Wemba Wemba woman, Emma Bamblett. They are presented on large, (A6) laminated cards. They can be used to teach vocabulary while playing card games. Each of the 19 animals are on 2 cards, 1 with the name of the animal printed in English on the card, 1 with just the picture.

Margaret James, M.Ed, is the creator and author of the innovative Honey Ant® Readers series for young Indigenous literacy learners, for which she has received numerous awards and accolades.
Margaret’s bilingual beginnings as a child, growing up in rural South Africa with Indigenous languages surrounding her, significantly influenced her choice of tertiary studies. Among these were linguistics, languages and education. Teaching her own children to read led her into Montessori education. After a fulfilling and varied career in several countries, Margaret moved into Indigenous Education in Australia. Here her concern grew about the paucity of early reading material for young speakers of traditional Aboriginal languages and Aboriginal English, so she decided to do something about it and developed the Honey Ant® Readers! While visiting schools and communities in the course of her professional development work, Margaret became increasingly aware of the need for early reading material for older students as well. She worked closely with Traditional Indigenous Elders, students and illustrators to develop linguistically appropriate learn-to-read books for older learners. Reading Tracks® is the result!

* Listen to 4 traditional Aboriginal languages, spoken by Elders.
* Hear the orignal names for Australian languages.
* Match the cards to the pictures on the video.

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