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Latitude

-12.0525

Longitude

132.92

Start Date

1997-03-19

End Date

1997-03-19

Speaker(s): Esther (Charlies wife, both now deceased) ; a white teacher ; kids ; CHECK|Contents: Useful as a document of activities at the bilingual school and also of child language. It seems the children do not use much English at all when being taught by the Indigenous teachers. Video made at the school with many different separate scenes.Starts with class of younger kids and a woman (?Mangkiwa). First they sing some kids songs translated into Mawng. Then she is teaching children to read Mawng using pictures and the syllable method. This then alternates with singing and reading a large format Mawng book. Then some slightly older boys tell stories in Mawng referring to a photo, of them doing an activity on country. Then we see children playing a game with cards with a White teacher giving verbal instructions, saying Mawng words (?Lindsay). Then we see children playing in the yard. Then a different female Indigenous teacher with children talking in Mawng and pointing to pictures of children on country. Around 37 minutes: video camera turned on side and stays there. They sing wirlamurrk Twinkle Twinkle little star. Then sing ilijap maruny. Then sing mularrik mularrik mularrik.42 minutes: Two white female teachers lead a song in a ?European language.| Recorded by: Lindsay Parker (teacher-linguist)| Location: Warruwi, South Goulburn Island

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