EdPod

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/edpod/

This is a great Australian podcast for educators and parents interested in education. Recent stories on: - homeschooling - educating gifted children - teaching history - national testing - cyber bulling

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How to wear an Indonesian tube sarong

http://www.expat.or.id/info/howtowear...

I am just back from posting some sarongs to a friend who is teaching Indonesian at a very remote country high school (most of the students have never even met an Indonesian person). I suggested she set the students a challenge of trying to work out how to wear the sarong before showing them these instructions. I have asked her to take some photographs of their attempts to show me.

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Just came across this in the Jakarta Post:

Joko Susilo: Puppet Diplomat Charms Kiwis

His shows sound really interesting.  Also like that he had a dig at the mono-lingualism of John Howard and his ilk.  Language teaching and learning (particularly of Asian languages) really suffered in Australia during the Howard years and it is going to take a lot to get us back on track.

I am pleased to hear that our new Asian-language speaking PM was receptive to what Joko Susilo had to say. 

I and other Asian language proponents really hopeful that all Asian languages (ie, not just Mandarin) will get a big boost under Rudd's leadership.  He certainly is a good role model in that area.

Kevin Rudd mandarin: Chinese new year greeting to China

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