Decline in Asian language learning in Australia | ABC NEWS
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A major parliamentary report has found there's a looming crisis in Australia's understanding of Asia, with students not studying Asian languages at year 12 or at university level at high enough rates. One of the report's recommendations is to offer students 5 extra Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) points for studying some languages, including Mandarin, Indonesian and Hindi in year 12. But is this enough to get more students learning these languages? By Stephen Dziedzic & Angelica Silva, ABC Asia Pacific Newsroom. Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia
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