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 Language resources

General

Language Links - links to resources for a wide range of languages. Some specific links are included in the sections below.

Aboriginal

Aboriginal Languages of Australian  - links and other related information from the World Wide Web Virtual Library.

Australian Aboriginal Languages  - links and other related information.

Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region - supported by the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, under a grant from the Commonwealth Schools Commission, the WA Arts Board and the Western Australian Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority.

Arabic

Arabic Language Kit - Apple's Arabic Language Kit adds Arabic and Persian text to your documents.

Language Links: Arabian - links to Arabic language resources.

The Arabian Oasis: Arabic on the WWW - links to Arabic text resources, provided in two forms, either as text (requires Arabic text support for your web browser) or as graphics.

Auslan (Australian Sign Language)

Auslan fact sheet - from Victoria's Better Health Channel.

Signbank - an interactive dictionary of Auslan.

Wikipedia - information on Auslan.

Chinese

Chinese Language Related Information Page - a comprehensive subject guide to Chinese-language-related resources on the Internet.

Language Links: Chinese - links to Chinese language resources.

French

Language Links: French - links to French literature & language resources.

Resources for Students and Teachers - of interest to students and teachers of French as a second language.

German

Language Links: German - links to German literature & language resources.

Middlebury College - links to a range of German websites including  newspapers and media, dictionary and language, maps, politics and culture.

Indonesian

National Library of Australia (NLA) - Indonesian Internet sites.

Radio Australia - Indonesian language website.

Wacana - Indonesian language & culture links. 

Italian

Language Links: Italian - links to Italian literature & language resources.

Resources for Italian Language and Literature - general and specialist links on Italian language and literature from Vanderbilt University.

Japanese

Language Links: Japanese - links to Japanese literature & language resources.

Tokyo Orientations - assists expatriate families in their move to Japan.

Korean

Hangul, the Korean Alphabet - information on Hangul, the Korean writing system.

Language Links: Korean - links to Korean language resources.

Russian

Language Links: Russian - links to Russian language resources.

Russian Language Resources - allows Russian linguists easy access to language resources, such as Cyrillic fonts, dictionaries and educational sites.

Signed English

Deaf Education Website - enhancements for the field of deaf education.

Gallaudet University (USA) - a leader in education and career development for deaf and hard-of-hearing undergraduate students.

SignWritingSite - information and resources about writing deaf sign languages.

Spanish

Language Links: Spanish - links to Spanish literature & language resources.

Resources for Spanish Language and Literature - from Vanderbilt University

 Women's program resources updated 3/8/07

References for TAFE Coordinators for the Women's Courses (available through the DET intranet and TAFE Library):

• Shaping our Future: Australia's National Strategy for VET 2004  Women and vocational education, DEST 2004 http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/publications_resources/profiles/anta/documents/w/women_shaping_our_future_pdf.htm
• TAFE NSW Women's Strategy2004 -2010  Implementation Guide DET
  https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/tsss/equity/women/policies/ws_guide.pdf
•  Jo Smith, Where to from here report :Women with disabilities, DET 2003 https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/tsss/equity/women/resources/dbly_report.pdf
•  Megan McCarthy, Young women experience higher rates of year 12 completion and higher participation in Education & Work,DET2005
  https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/tsss/equity/women/resources/young_women_report.pdf
• Kimberley Zeller Turner, The Way Forward: The Importance of VET to Australian Women in Poverty, Security4Women, February 2006
  https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/tsss/equity/women/profdevelop/the_way_forward.pdf
• Derek Waddell, THE TRAINING NEEDS OF MATURE AGE WORKERS, TAFE NSW August  2006
  https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/tsss/teachlearn/matureage/1%20-%20Information%20Package%20for%20counsellors,%20course%20information%20officers%20and%20other%20interested%20staff.doc
• Professor David Peetz's report - February 2007
  Brave New Work Choices - What is the story so far
• Scott C, and Birdall A, The Experience of Women Undertaking Career Education for Women and Work Opportunities for Women Courses in NSW TAFE.
• McIntyre J, Kimberly H, Planning Pathways for Women from Adult Community Education to Vocational Education and Training, ANTA and Western Australian Department of Training.

Rural Women's Network
The Rural Women's Network (RWN) is a program within NSW Agriculture.

Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites - provides a list of sites containing resources and information about women's studies/women's issues.

 Other information

Additional information for this area may available via the wide variety of social software (link to Wikipedia) & other Internet services where people share their knowledge and connect/collaborate/communicate with others around the world who have similar interests. Some of these services (with main links to Wikipedia articles) are: 

• Wikis where information is published online through the collaborative input of many people - this information is then available for all to access & edit.
    • wikipedia  - an encyclopaedia with versions in a number of languages
    • wikispaces - used by individuals, education & special interest groups   
   
• Blogs (or web logs) are essentially online journals or diaries presented in reverse chronological order. Groups often use them to promote informal discussion on particular topics or issues.
    • blogger - search for relevant blogs with keywords of your choice
   
• RSS - this is a way of having a summary of information (or feeds) 'delivered' to your web browser or aggregator as it becomes available from online newspapers, magazines or special interest websites.
    • bloglines - an excellent way of managing your RSS subscriptions or Feeds
    
• Social bookmarking sites where users post their list of bookmarks (or favourite websites) for others to search and view. There are specialised services for particular interest groups.
    • del.icio.us is perhaps the best known general social bookmaking service
   
• Newsgroups & mailing lists are older types of Internet services (or forums) which are mainly used these days by special interest groups.
    • tile.net allows you to do keyword searches of these services

To find out more about these and the many other online information services available, explore Wikipedia further as well as its related Wikimedia Foundation projects.

 Teaching resources

Curriculum Centres provide information and resources for TAFE NSW educational staff relating to this area on their Intranet website - this is only accessible to staff from within the TAFE NSW computer network.

Last updated: 03 August, 2007

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