The Literacy Bug

Everyone should catch the literacy bug. Literacy allows one to inform (and be informed), entertain (and be entertained) … ponder, explore and speculate.

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Check out my latest blog post: "Languages build communities; communities build languages" https://t.co/1SDbh566n0

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Gearing up for the @puliima Indigenous Language and Technology Conference (25 - 29 August). It is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and to learn. #dil

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Happy Friday! I have the good fortune of working closely with Lala Gutchen who has written an excellent article about the Erub Language (Erub Mer) in the Torres Strait. Please explore and enjoy. #idil #Erub #IndigenousLanguages
https://t.co/oH0omgTh4m

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The team behind the Early Language and Literacy Index (ELLDI) has made our way to Puerto Varas, Chile for the World Summit Awards (@WSAoffice ). We are thrilled to share how the ELLDI can impact language and literacy development with the WSA audience. @theALNF #literacyisfreedom

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Wittgenstein understood that learning – of a concept, of ourselves, of each other – is the undertaking of a whole life ... https://t.co/bspAH354hM

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Some aspects of literacy are tied up in the skills of being able to read (decode) and write (encode) the words on the page. Other aspects are extra-linguistic and are tied up in ways of speaking, seeing and doing. https://t.co/JZl3No58yg

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Wittgenstein is interested in drawing a limit to thinking. What constitutes clear thinking, or in other words, what makes sense, is limited by language itself. For something to make sense, it must be capable of representing or “picturing” that thing.

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To think is to think contingently—to conceive of something as it is but as it need not necessarily be. Thought is always potentially misleading or simply wrong—risk is an element of thought. https://t.co/QL2Z7QtMfv

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Congratulations to Lala Gutchen on receiving the National NAIDOC Caring for Country & Culture Award. 🙏💐 #NAIDOCawards

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More NAIDOC Finalist Videos!!! Does it get any better than this? 💙 Tonight we share with you:

Murrawah Johnson, Person Award Finalist

Lala Gutchen, Caring for Country and Culture Award Finalist

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If you have a chance, please check out the following episode of ABC Radio's Australia Wide to hear many of the voices behind the Warumungu literacy app - Arranji yukurnukku jinta (Feed the Monster)!

Found at the 6 minute 15 sec mark of episode.

https://t.co/OrJFFDIezg

[Curious Learning @CuriousLearnGLP]

In 2017, the Feed the Monster app was rolled out in Syria to support refugee children to read and write.
Six years later, it is the newest tool to inspire young residents in the Northern Territory in Australia to learn the endangered language of Warumungu: https://t.co/vmesDUGdF4

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Language app Feed the Monster the latest tool in battle to save endangered Warumungu language - ABC News … strong article. ⁦⁦@theALNF⁩ https://t.co/JyXXsF6qaD

[Curious Learning @CuriousLearnGLP]

In our latest article, we share the incredible results of a @WorldBank study of 9000 homes in northern Nigeria which revealed that the use of our Curious Learning apps for early literacy learning was second only to 1-on-1 tutoring!

Dive deeper here: https://t.co/a8qRf25CTi

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Thank you, Curious Learning, for your guidance. We are excited to be on this journey with Papulu Apparr-kari Aboriginal Corporation with the mission of supporting literacy Two-Ways (as we say here) across Warumungu and English. https://t.co/oOk2TYnTDs

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We need your vote.

THE SXSW Festival is coming to Sydney this year, and we feel it’s important to showcase innovative work of the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation who is placing Language and Culture at the heart of its digital strategy …https://t.co/fcl939RqTq

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We need your vote.

Four year ago, the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation had the privilege of showcasing the Living First Language Platform (LFLP) to the world at the 2019 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. To our…https://t.co/5xVWLsLhVz https://t.co/dChDqotN7H

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Congratulations Papulu Apparr-Kari and the @theALNF on the release of the Warumungu early literacy game Arranji yukurnukku jinta. Available on both App Stores. (Thank you @CuriousLearnGLP for all your help along the way.) @indigenous_gov @ILDecade https://t.co/7WliK5nyz6

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@StevenBird @ctdicanio Which Rocketbook(s) do you use?

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We are thrilled to #announce the #launch of the #Laz #language course, created by our wonderful intern, Zeynep Burak. To learn more about the language and #course visit: https://t.co/uTRpGLcexd