A Fantastic exhibition opening!

I had an absolute hoot presenting excerpts of my thesis investigations to the greater Adelaide community during my exhibition of comic book linguistics at the Adelaide Comic and Toy Fair.

The exhibition presented visitors with an investigation of the linguistic context, stereotypes, representations, and controversies in early comic book literature and children's stories.

The comic book is a powerful medium for relaying a political or a social message to a readership of any age. By presenting a variety of media, and popular sources including period-specific comic book literature created in France and Belgium, as well as comic strips and children's books from the United Kingdom and the Americas, this exhibition permits the viewer to examine the linguistic, contextual, representational and stereotypical elements in early comic book literature while reflecting on the controversies surrounding their publications.

Special thanks to Noelia Carvajal Balbin from the School of Languages for attending the Cross-promotion for the School of Languages Languages Alive Holiday Program during the exhibition's run.

A successful day of marketing and promotion!

Fantastic weather at Brighton greeted visitors at the Rendezvous Market, a market promoting European businesses in Adelaide.

I received a steady flow of visitors to my expo stand during the event promoting my exhibition of comic book linguistics this coming April 24 at the Adelaide Comic and Toy Fair, as well as speaking about the School of Languages Languages Alive School Holiday Program. 

A fantastic new resource added for my younger language students!

The ambience of the classroom has an extremely important impact on language learners, and this is especially true for students in the Early Years Learning Framework.

Bold, bright, and vibrant images related to the language and its culture provide a narrative that can be used to present the language to the students on a daily basis.

I am delighted to add this beautiful mural of the Eiffel Tower in all its splendour to my classroom for students to enjoy.

I greatly appreciate my centre director for permitting me to indulge and have the mural created!

Interview with ABC Radio Adelaide Morning Show July 6, 2021

Hot on the heels of the ABCs report about a recent linguistic field trip I coordinated, is the podcast of my interview discussing Indigenous Language Revival on the ABC Radio Adelaide Morning Show.

Click on the image to listen to my interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Morning Show

Indigenous Linguistic Field Trip - June 18 to 20, 2021

Bawoo!

On June 18 to 20, 2021, A long-term project came to fruition with a successful weekend-long linguistic field trip to Port Lincoln.

Port Lincoln and the region of the Eyre Peninsula is the traditional land of the Barngarla People, and is approximately a one hour flight from our home base in Adelaide.

Click on the above image to view a report written by ABC Australia who covered the linguistic field trip!

I planned and coordinated the educational experience with a fellow teacher, and the guidance of Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Professor of Linguistics and Chair of Endangered Languages at the University of Adelaide Australia.

The travelling group consisted of teachers, parents, and their children to undertake a cross-cultural exchange with the native speakers of the indigenous language they are learning, Barngarla.

Barngarla Elders shared their stories and feelings about reconciliation, representation and the revival of the Barngarla Language (once a victim of linguicide, a language genocide, when all or almost all native speakers of that language die because of natural disasters, wars).

The field trip was a magical, educational, cross-cultural experience for everyone that attended. We extended an arm of friendship to the Barngarla People to join us in Adelaide for further language and culture workshops to develop the teacher's and children's target language skill development and learn more about indigenous culture.

A commissioned painting by local Barngarla artist Jenna Richards was presented to us commemorating the meeting and cultural exchange.