People learn a second language for many reasons, including work, to better understand the world, an interest in the culture of the language itself, and love.
Learning a language has many benefits. For children, it can improve literacy, maths and science skills. It can enhance social skills and empathy, and give them an appreciation of cultural diversity. Evidence also suggests learning a language can safeguard against cognitive decline in older age.
People in Australia speak more than 300 languages. Learning one of these can enrich participation in our multicultural country.
The federal government pointed to the importance of languages in preparing job-ready graduates by including the subject in the university fee cuts announced in 2020. Yet, this perspective is not consistently reflected in the way languages are taught in schools across Australia’s states.
Queensland s Year 12 scores will be kept secret after the state government scrapped an annual report detailing the senior results of every high school in the state. Parents will be left in the dark over how each school performed following the controversial dumping, which was slammed by the opposition as evidence the education system was falling victim to secrecy over transparency . Until this year, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority s annual Year 12 Outcomes Report detailed how every school s senior students performed, including how many received top OP scores, senior certificates and VET qualifications. But the transition to a new Queensland Certificate of Education system which saw last year s Year 12 s receive an ATAR rather than an OP has coincided with the QCAA s decision to dump the report.
Education by Stephanie Bennett
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Subscriber only Queensland s Year 12 scores will be kept secret after the state government scrapped an annual report detailing the senior results of every high school in the state. Parents will be left in the dark over how each school performed following the controversial dumping, which was slammed by the opposition as evidence the education system was falling victim to secrecy over transparency . Until this year, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority s annual Year 12 Outcomes Report detailed how every school s senior students performed, including how many received top OP scores, senior certificates and VET qualifications.
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