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Students organize the Chinese Language Exchange at uni

Students help others to learn Chinese through a language exchange.
India's elections and that nation's linguistic diversity

How to say 'vote for me' in India - so many ways....
Sydney Uni students interviewed on SBS Radio -in Italian

What happens when Australian university students get their change to talk in Italian on radio? It's all there for you to listen to. Each interview lasts about seven minutes. All in Italian, of course!
Mathias Cormann, multilingual and finance minister

Cormann grew up with German, then came French and Flemish - he learned English as his 4th language
The Guardian online language learning challenge
Three writers try to learn a language over six weeks using language-learning technology - French, Spanish and Russian
A success story of second language learning

Actor Angus McGruther grew up in Sydney, studied German throughout high school and moved to Germany after graduating from university "to put his fluency in German to the test".
Gaps In English

An approach that Ben Schott (www.benschott.com) has perfected for English/German in his book Schottenfreude
Language learning in the Asian century: from Melbourne to Indonesia

An Australian school has linked-up with an Indonesian madrassa to help its students learn more about the language and culture of their near neighbour.
Princes Charles and William

Princes Charles and William call for the end of the illegal wildlife trade in six languages. Prince Charles and Prince William made a joint wildlife appeal in six languages, including Spanish and Vietnamese.
Why you should learn another language
Why you should learn another language, US News, 29 January 2014
Language skills add to job prospects
Language skills add to job prospects, The Australian, 27 December 2013
NAPLAN: non-English language background students
NAPLAN: non-English language background students in year 7 come out tops in NSW, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2013
Auburn High School
Auburn High School speaks the language with a culture change, The Age, 1 Feb 2014