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Learning - Languages, Culture

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, the University of Queensland
Brings together relevant information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people who may want to become students at the University of Queensland, for students who are interested in taking courses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and for people interested in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and issues. The sites's resources section includes a list of Unpublished Theses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland and and a select bibliography of sources on Torres Strait, the Torres Strait Bibliography. Bibliography.
Australian Studies Centre
UQ, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane. The Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland offers "courses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian literature, geography, history, sociology, paleontology and economics."
Ban Sabai Thai Cooking School
Thai cooking school small classes up to six students hands on teaching cost $85 inclusive lunch and menus - first Saturday of each Month .
Centre for Applied Linguistics and Languages
Located at Griffith University, CALL aims to provide advisory services, courses and research in any area of language, second language learning, language teaching and language policy. The Centre provides English language (ELICOS) courses for overseas students, vacation courses for overseas institutions, and English language support services for students in the University's award courses.
Compass: come online, make progress & search successfully
Online tutorial designed to enhance research and information literacy skills, as well as other information "you will need for your studies at CQU." Modules include analysing your topic, planning and structuring your search and finding information. From the Central Queensland University Library.
cultureandrecreation.gov.au : access to Australia's culture and recreation
The Culture and Recreation Portal provides access to online services and information in the fields of culture and recreation, from all levels of government and from the non-government sector. Scroll down to the category literature to view their list of literary web sites, publishers and literary journals.
Ethnic Mental Health Program
Program for non-english speaking background people in five Brisbane communities. Currently Chinese, Greek, Italian, Spanish-speaking and Vietnamese.
IELTS - International English Language Testing System
IELTS is a test of English language proficiency which is designed to assess the language ability of non-English speakers who wish to undertake courses of study or training in English. IELTS is managed by The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), The British Council and IDP Education Australia. Sample tests are provided.
India Australia Society Inc
The Society was formed in 1977 and operates from Brisbane, Queensland.
Indonesian Islamic Society Brisbane
Contains details of the committee and descriptions of the activities of the society, written in Indonesian.
Institute of Modern Languages, University of Queensland
UQ, St Lucia, Brisbane. Provides courses in modern languages for adult students whoses needs are not served by secondary schools or by the university. School children are not eligible to enrol in IML courses.
International Listening Association
"The International Listening Association (ILA) is a professional organsation whose members are dedicated to learning more about the impact that listening has on all human activity."
Language-Learning.net
Comprehensive directory of over 6000 language schools around the world, formerly known as the publication WHERE+HOW Guides to Language Centres. The site also provides information on distance education courses, language proficiency certificates, textbooks and learning materials for various languages, associations and organisations involved with languages research and policy and links to other material on the net.
Linguistics Resources
Very comprehensive and up-to-date collection of annotated and evaluated linguistics sites, divided into general indices, theoretical and computational linguistics, specific language resources, fonts tools and software, adademic departments, journals, major publications, conferences, mailing lists and more.
Literary resources on the Net
Collection of good web resources gathered by Jack Lynch, specialist in 18th century English literature and Associate Professor at Rudgers University. Arranged by time period and genre: classical & Biblical, medieval, renaissance, 18th century, romantic, Victorian, 20th century British and Irish, American, theatre & drama, theory, women's literature & feminism, ethnicities and nationalities, bibliography and history of the book, hypertext, and an interesting category 'miscellaneous'. Scroll down to the 'general' category to find literary mailing lists and resources for writers.
Multicultural Australia : speaking your language online!
"Multicultural Australia brings together an online community by creating a central access point for interacting and exploring the web in languages other than English. It aims to make accessing the Internet an easy and rewarding experience for older people of diverse language backgrounds." The languages catered to are Arabic, Croatian, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Penguin Club of Australia Inc
A community-based training club assisting women to build communication and confidence skills.
Queensland Council for Adult Literacy (QCAL)
"promotes literacy as the key to effective life-long learning for all. It seeks to establish and maintain opportunities for adult members of the community to improve their literacy and numeracy skills". Site sets out the aims and membership arrangements of the council, tutor tips & worksheets and details of current seminars, workshops and meetings, as well as an archive of promotional material for past events and includes links to a number of virtual forums organised by QCAL. Also contains the table of contents of Write On, the council's quarterly publication, from 1997.
Queensland Writers' Centre
"The Queensland Writers Centre is the premier organisation for writers and writing in Queensland, providing specialised services to the writing community." Site includes details of services, projects and the current calendar of workshops and masterclasses.
Satire Workshop
The Satire Workshop & Graffito (political satire online) is a Brisbane based project which aims to network among satirists and promote their work.
School of Languages and Linguistics
The School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL), the home of all LOTE (languages other than English) teaching at Griffith University, was established at Nathan campus in 1995 and was extended to Gold Coast campus in 1997
Strictly Literary
Strictly Literary is one of Australia's most advanced literary agencies and was the first to make a success of trading authors' work on the Internet. We are part of the Croncourt Group, founded in 1987 as a diversified literary corporation, involved in publishing, marketing and editorial creation. We also now publish and sell books on the Internet. Our employees supply major publications with quality editorial works and teach to writing groups on request but our core busines is marketing great to the world.

 
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