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Publication details [#41492]

Sharifian, Farzad. 2001. Schema-based Processing in Australian Speakers of Aboriginal English. Language and Intercultural Communication 1 (2) : 120–134.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

aboriginal | communication breakdown | language and culture | student | teacher

Language as a subject

English, Aboriginal | English, Australian

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This study discusses miscommunication between Australian Aboriginal students and their non-Aboriginal teachers. This communication breakdown has, among other things, contributed to these students' educational underachievement .