A longitudinal study of the interaction of home and school language in three Aboriginal communities

语言技能的重要性不容低估，它有助于“健康的生活开端”。在多语言的土著社区，儿童必须适应为不同目的使用不同语言的复杂性。该项目将提供详细的见解，了解儿童如何处理家庭和学校语言之间的差异，他们进入学校系统时遇到的各种问题，以及他们的语言在学校的前四年是如何发展的，这是为儿童未来教育提供基础的。他们管理学校语言的能力支撑了他们成年后过上成功和积极生活的能力。

The importance of language skills cannot be underestimated, and contribute to 'a healthy start to life'. In multilingual Indigenous communities, children must negotiate the complexities of different languages used for different purposes. This project will provide detailed insights into how children manage differences between home and school language, the kinds of problems they encounter when they enter the school system, and how their languages develop over the first four crucial years of school which provide the foundation for the children's future education. Their ability to manage the language of school underpins their ability to lead successful and engaged lives as adults.