Why endless politics of rage and wars for terror in Muslim Pan-Asia?
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What are the cultural, historic and political roots of decades-long simmering political frustration of generations of Muslim youth across Asia’s Muslim regions? Their demands are ignored and/or suppressed both by national regimes and their international patrons. The vengeful unleashing of the so…
Women in the Middle East
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Please join us for a discussion about women in the Middle East with some fantastic speakers and topical conversation. The night will focus on issues such as gender roles and women's rights in the various cultures in the Middle East, critiques of the Western perspectives of these women and their…
Turkey–Australia: From enmity to friendship and partnership
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Please note: This lecture is now fully booked. Turkey and Australia are two nations sharing common values and ideals. The UN, G20, MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, Australia) and NATO are a few examples of the international platforms where Turkey and Australia cooperate closely,…
“We murder to dissect”: Culture Through Crime Fiction in L2 Classroom
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Since its inception, the detective genre has crossed borders and languages and everywhere it has gone it has been appropriated and rewritten to fit local concerns and taboos. In this journey across cultures and languages the crime genre – through its exploration of death and life – provides…
Intercultural language teaching and learning
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The need for language programs to attend to the development of intercultural understanding and intercultural communication has long been a commonplace in language education. Recent thinking in language education has argued that language education needs to do more than make claims the contribution…
Linguists in the education space - ANU Language Teaching Forum
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At so many levels, schooling in Australia could benefit from linguistically informed advice, particularly where education is delivered in linguistically complex contexts. The question is whether linguists are prepared for the nature of the very particular “site” of schools which have their own…
Education Reform in Qatar
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Listen to this lecture Education Reform in Qatar (MP3, 9.9 MB) Qatar has witnessed an educational renaissance movement within the past decade with the strategic goal of comprehensively reforming the national educational system. The reform of publicly funded education in Qatar was entrusted…