Australian Network of Government Language Schools

20/08/2025

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The refusal of Britons to speak another language damages the country’s reputation as a global player, according to the former schools minister. Nick Gibb said the government should consider making languages compulsory at GCSE, reversing a decision taken two decades ago. On Thursday hundreds of tho...

18/08/2025

Great way to start the day with keynote speaker Professo Joe Lo Bianco, an expert on languages, sharing thought-provoking insights.

16/08/2025

Looking forward to 2 days of collaboration with colleagues from across states and territories talking all things languages!

16/08/2025

Japanese is one of the most studied languages for high schoolers — but few do it like Jacinta McIntyre. The 14-year-old is blind and learning the language through braille.

04/06/2025

Susan Moore

Unapproved street signs in Arrernte language have been installed as cultural guides alongside the town's originals, with QR codes linking to the words' correct pronunciations and background on their meanings.

04/06/2025

Punjabi is the fastest-growing migrant community in Australia and the fourth most commonly spoken language in Victoria, but is only taught in two government schools.

04/06/2025

After students asked why they didn't learn their local Gangalidda language, an outback school made a change that is now seen as a model for other schools.

05/05/2025

Australia’s diversity is our strength - and we’re making sure it thrives.

We’re investing in 600 community language schools across Australia so that they can keep their doors open and support even more students.

It won't just help students stay connected to their culture and community, it'll also strengthen our ties across the region and open up new opportunities for the future.

Because when our communities thrive, Australia thrives too.

24/09/2024

This weekend Louisa Field, PhD candidate at University of Sydney wrote an opinion piece for the Canberra times about what we need to do to move students to study Asian languages. It's in response to Senator Penny Wong’s speech calling for Australia to increase its Asia capabilities.

12/09/2024

It’s R U OK? day today! How do you ask that in your language?

11/09/2024

Place in your diaries!

You're kindly invited to our next virtual Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series event with Dr. Joseph Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne, Australia: Language Rights and Peace Building: New Directions for Multilingualism and Language Policy This talk will focus on a subset of global conflicts in which lang...

09/09/2024

ANGLS Annual Conference 2024