Cultural and linguistic diversity in Australia: navigating between the Scylla of nationhood and the Charybdis of globalisation

Turbulence and dilemma: implications of diversity and multilingualism in Australian education

“…As discussed in detail in Chiro (2014), the momentum was lost. Not only have these debates fallen-off the mainstream agenda within the country, but they have atrophied (Chiro, 2010;Clyne, 1997Clyne, , 2008Liddicoat, 1996Liddicoat, , 2009Liddicoat & Scarino, 2013;Lo Bianco, 2010;Scarino, 2014).…”

“…in Janssens et al, 2010). Key instruments to guide the policies of response to diversity for new and more established migrant communities as well as for the Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander communities, included the Galbally Report (1978), the National policy on languages (Lo Bianco, 1987) and the National agenda for a multicultural Australia (Commonwealth of Australia, 1989; see also Chiro, 2014;Liddicoat, 2009). Two decades of dynamism and vitality of opportunity, however, did not survive political and economic changes within the country during the late 1990s.…”

“…Anderson, 1983) as one in which differences have been moderated and give way to 'Australianness'. There is a perception that assimilatory practices of compliance towards the notion of the nation state have been successful (see also Chiro, 2010Chiro, , 2014. On the other hand, there is significant scale, extent and complexity of contextual differences amongst communities that live in very remote, hard-to-reach spaces and those that live in modern cosmopolitan cities; and those who inhabit vast sparsely populated spaces in between.…”

‘Joint Action’ Attracting people through signs: Linguistic Landscape on Banking Sign in Malang City, Indonesia

“…Calculation of the frequency of language use whether monolingual, bilingual, or multilingual is a mechanism to investigate how functions are built, both information and symbolic functions so that the power and status of a language will be seen. Some LL researchers have reported the results of studies, such as [4], [5] [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [5], and [17]. LL research was also held in Indonesia, including [18] [19], [20], [21], [22], [23].…”

Reaching out to migrant and refugee communities to support home language maintenance

“…The backlash against multilingualism in Australia and re-emergence of assimilationist attitudes have also been discussed byScarino (2014) andChiro (2014), among others.…”