Costa is one of Australia’s oldest fruit and vegetable companies, with their history stretching back to the early 19th century, when Sicilian migrant and winemaker, Francesco Costa, arrived in Australia for work. Subsequent family migration resulted in the establishment of…
Tag: Bilingual health education
Translating quality into bilingual support
We often see Australia being described as a multicultural country, but this rarely translates into recognition of Australia as a truly multilingual country. The dominant myth of a monolingual, English-speaking Australia persists despite the fact that we speak over 200…
Bilingual health education: not just about language
If you’ve ever grappled with using youth-speak and text-speak in everyday language, then you might just have an inkling of what it’s like to be a linguistic outsider. Kevin Rudd aside, most people over the age of 30 don’t feel…